US5619563A
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Mnemonic number dialing plan
Assignee: Nokia of America Corp
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Filing: 1994-12-19
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Granted: 1997-04-08
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Expires: 2014-12-19
Abstract
Abstract A Mnemonic Number Dialing Plan is offered, having a telephone keyset which can be used in regions where the written language is based on a large number of characters or symbols. Selected phonetic characters of the known phonic character set are identified with the various numerical keys of the keypad in a relatively flexible association allowing adaptability to a number of different phonic character sets of varying size. The mnemonic to be translated into a telephone number preferably consists of a phrase, where the number of words corresponds with the number of digits in the telephone number, and only the first phonic sound of a word in the mnemonic phrase is used in mnemonic dialing.
Inventors
- 👤 Alaric S. Hsiao
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 15:24
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/02; G06F3/0202; G06F3/0219; H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/274; H04M1/2745; H04M1/27467; H04M1/2748; H04M11/00; H04M11/06; H04M11/066
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
59 words
A telephone with a keyset comprising a numerical key for each of the digits 0 to 9; unique phonetic characters associated with at least a plurality of said numerical keys; and said keys being part of a telephone such that dialing takes place as keys are depressed; whereby telephone dialing is achieved by dialing phonetic characters of a mnemonic.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
59 words
A telephone with a keyset comprising a numerical key for each of the digits 0 to 9; unique phonetic characters associated with at least a plurality of said numerical keys; and said keys being part of a telephone such that dialing takes place as keys are depressed; whereby telephone dialing is achieved by dialing phonetic characters of a mnemonic.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The telephone with a keyset according to claim 1 wherein the mnemonic is a multi-word phrase with each word made up of one or more phonetic characters and wherein dialing is achieved by dialing the leading phonetic character of each word of said multi-word phrase.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The telephone keyset according to claim 1 wherein the number of phonetic characters is 24 with three of said phonetic characters being associated with each of said numerical keys for the digits 2 through 9.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The telephone with a keyset according to claim 1 wherein said phonetic characters correspond to the Mandarin Chinese characters.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
The telephone with a keyset according to claim 4 wherein the Mandarin Chinese characters include consonants and vowels of different usage levels and wherein phonetic characters for association with numeric keys are selected by first selecting consonants and then selecting the most used vowels.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The telephone with a keyset according to claim 4 for Pingyin characters wherein said phonetic characters correspond to the Pingyin character set.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The telephone with a keyset according to claim 1 for Taiwanese characters wherein said phonetic characters correspond to the Taiwanese character set for Mandarin Chinese.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The telephone with a keyset according to claim 1 wherein said phonetic characters correspond to the Japanese Katagana character set.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The telephone with a keyset according to claim 1 wherein phonetic characters correspond to the Japanese Hiragana character set.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
The telephone with a keyset according to claim 1 wherein said phonetic characters correspond to the Korean phonic character set.
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