Patent ID: 6526133
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A telephone that receives caller information from a telephone number forwarding service and displays the caller information on a display unit, wherein the telephone comprises:a storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of caller information transmitted by the telephone number forwarding service; an input means for receiving a user input via a key press; a detecting means for detecting a first operation and a second operation made to a predetermined key of the input means; first display control means for controlling an alternating display of a first display image and a second display image on the display unit in response to the first operation, the first display image being one of the plurality of pieces of caller information stored in the storage means and the second display image being a display content corresponding to the piece of caller information displayed as the first display image; and a second display control means for controlling a continuous display of the first display image on the display unit by consecutively updating caller information displayed in the first display image at fixed time intervals using a content of the storage means and in response to the second operation.