Patent ID: 8141000
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A multifunctional apparatus including a facsimile function, comprising: a memory configured to store a plurality of information each utilized for connecting to a destination and a plurality of destination names respectively corresponding to the plurality of the information; a panel that has a plurality of input keys for inputting a name of a destination and a search key including at least one of an UP key and a DOWN key; a display configured to display the name of the destination; and a controller configured, when a first character of the destination name is input by one of the plurality of the input keys, to retrieve, from the memory, one destination name having, as a first character, the character input by the one of the plurality of the input keys, and to display the retrieved one destination name on the display, the controller further configured, when the search key is actuated after a first character of the destination name is input by one of the plurality of the input keys, to retrieve, from the memory, another destination name having, as a first character, the character input by the one of the plurality of the input keys based on an instruction by the search key, and to display the retrieved another destination name on the display, and when, instead of the search key, after the first character is input, a same input key as the input key utilized for inputting the first character of the destination name is again actuated, the controller is further configured to retrieve, from the memory, the another destination name having, as a first character, the character input by the one of the plurality of the input keys based on an instruction by the same input key, and to display the retrieved another destination name on the display, wherein the retrieved one destination name or the another destination name and the plurality of information are used by the facsimile function to connect to a destination that corresponds to the retrieved one destination name, or the retrieved another destination name, wherein the controller retrieves one destination name having an other first character from the memory, based on a predetermined order, when the same input key as the input key utilized for inputting the first character of the destination name is again actuated and when the one destination name having the same first character is not stored in the memory.