A METHOD OF SELECTING CHARACTERS FROM A KEYPAD, AND A TELEPHONE SET OPERATING ACCORDING TO THIS METHOD

摘要

There is disclosed a method of selecting characters from a group of characte rs 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 charact er 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 curso r 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 subscrib er data.