| 摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/EP96/01099 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 9, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 9, 1997 PCT Filed Mar. 8, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/27947 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 1996There is disclosed a method of selecting characters from a group of characters assigned to a single key, in particular a key of a telephone dialling keypad. Actuation of a key (8; 16) invokes a cursor controlled display of the characters (2; 18). The cursor is held at a particular position (11) while a key is actuated within a predetermined time interval (t1; 6, 7). The character string corresponding to a particular key actuation is read (18) and is used for the retrieval of the closest matching data entry from memory means (19). If the key is not further actuated within this time interval (t1), the cursor is moved to a next position (22), provided the selected character string matches any of the data entries of the memory means (20, 21). The retrieved data entry may be used, inter alia, for automatic dialling purposes. The method is applied in a telephone set having memory means containing subscriber data. |
