Call initiating system for mobile telephone units

Claim 1

A telephone call initiating system for use with mobile communication terminals, such as portable telephones, in call initiation by inputting the subscriber number of the party to be called, comprising: key input means for accepting inputs by key manipulation; speech recognition means for accepting inputs in speech signals; a data base and data display means; data base input control means responsive to a data base input request for causing data to be inputted in a prescribed sequence in cooperation with said data display means, and storing into said data base a record consisting of a first set of data indicating a telephone number, entered with said key input means, and a second set of data comprising family and given names and other prescribed items, entered with said speech recognition means; search parameter accepting means responsive to a data base searching request for causing data to be inputted in a prescribed sequence in cooperation with said data display means, searching said data base for said record according to a third set of data comprising said family and given names and said other prescribed items entered with said speech recognition means, and storing the retrieved record, which is the result of searching, into a prescribed work area; scroll control means responsive to a scroll request for scrolling in predetermined units said retrieved record in said work area, and displaying the data on said display means; call initiation accepting means responsive to a call initiation request for supplying a call initiating instruction according to said telephone number in said record which is the result of said scrolling; and call initiation processing means responsive to said call initiating instruction for initiating a call according to said telephone number.