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US08150017B2 Phone dialer with advanced search feature and associated method of searching a directory
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具有高级搜索功能的电话拨号器和搜索目录的相关方法
- Patent Title: Phone dialer with advanced search feature and associated method of searching a directory
- Patent Title (中): 具有高级搜索功能的电话拨号器和搜索目录的相关方法
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Application No.: US12171748Application Date: 2008-07-11
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Publication No.: US08150017B2Publication Date: 2012-04-03
- Inventor: Nader Gharachorloo , Donald H. Relyea , Brian Roberts
- Applicant: Nader Gharachorloo , Donald H. Relyea , Brian Roberts
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Main IPC: H04M3/42
- IPC: H04M3/42

Abstract:
A method of retrieving a directory listing includes steps of storing a plurality of directory listings, each listing searchable by a plurality of keys, each of the keys comprising a plurality of symbols selected from a subset of an alphabet; receiving a sequence of inputs each designating a plurality of the symbols; identifying a number of the directory listings having at least one of the keys consistent with the sequence of inputs; displaying candidate ones of the directory listing having the at least one of the keys consistent with the sequence of inputs; and selecting one of the candidate directory listings to be contacted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100008490A1 Phone Dialer with Advanced Search Feature and Associated Method of Searching a Directory Public/Granted day:2010-01-14
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