Patent ID: 7369843
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable cellular phone having a search function to search for an operational function which is configured so as to store keywords, each keyword being preset in a manner that corresponds to each of two or more operational functions and to store icon information corresponding to each keyword, said search function also being configured to do a focusing search for a desired operational function by combining a keyword search using said keywords and an icon search using said icon information, said portable cellular phone comprising: a search table for searching operations said search table storing, in specified order, said keywords, each keyword being preset in a manner that corresponds to each of two or more operational functions, and said icon information corresponding to each keyword, and a control section to do an icon search for said desired operational function and, whenever necessary, to switch the searching operation from said icon search to said keyword search while performing said icon search, said control section inputs one head character of one of said keywords corresponding to said desired operational function for searching through said search table and, if said desired operational function is unable to be searched for, said control section inputs an additional next character for repetition of said searching through said search table to search, in a focused manner, for said desired operational function.