Patent ID: 6631272
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A direct dialing number registering method for registering direct dialing numbers in a communication apparatus, the communication apparatus including a parent station connected to a communication line and a plurality of child stations capable of two-way communication with the parent station, wherein due to specific identification numbers pre-set for the individual child stations, transmission and reception between the parent station and a specific child station can be performed, comprising the steps of:setting the parent station to a direct dialing number registering mode; selecting a pre-set specific identification number to define a child station for which a direct dialing number is to be registered into the parent station; causing the defined child station to indicate that the child station corresponds to the pre-set specific identification number, enabling a user to recognize which one of the child stations corresponds to which one of the pre-set specific identification numbers, at the time of selection of the pre-set specific identification numbers of the individual child stations; inputting the direct dialing number for the child station defined by the pre-set specific identification number; and registering the direct dialing number for the defined child station corresponding to the pre-set specific identification number into the parent station.