COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND RETRIEVING METHOD THEREFOR

• Main Authors: ARAI JIYUNKO, NITTA MASAKUNI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.10.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily refer to a country code in the case of dial call origination to another country by providing a means for retrieving the desired country name based on index information displayed on a display means and a means for performing the dial call origination to the country code of the retrieved country name. SOLUTION: This equipment has the retrieval means for retrieving the desired country name based on the index information displayed on the display means in the case of dial call origination to the other country and the call originating means for performing the dial call origination to the country code of the retrieved country name. This retrieval means displays the first letters of country names in the order of the Japanese syllabary as retrieval information and retrieves the desired country name out of the displayed first letters. Concerning such communication equipment, an operation part 7 has a country code reference key for starting a country code reference function, up/down scroll key for retrieving the country name and set key or start key for determination. Then, the country codes or country names is displayed within one paragraph on a display part 8 and the country code or country name is retrieved.