Patent ID: 7143090
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of search-by-number implemented in a communications device or a computing device, comprising: determining in the device whether a digit or wildcard has been entered in the device by a user for each entry until a first digit is entered by the user; searching any numbers stored in the device to form a match list including any stored numbers matching a sequence of digits and wildcards entered by the user in response to the user entering the first digit; determining in the device whether another digit or another wildcard has been entered in the device by the user for each additional entry until another digit is entered by the user in response to the user not selecting any numbers in the a previous match list; searching the previous match list to form a new match list including any numbers matching a current sequence of digits and wildcards entered by the user in response to at least entry by the user being a digit; and displaying the new match list.