Patent ID: 8781095

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: an abbreviated dialing input unit configured to input a destination number with fewer key input operations; a touch panel input/display unit configured to input the destination number, the touch input/display unit being separate from and operated in a different manner than the abbreviated dialing input unit; and a destination input operation menu controlling unit configured to control a menu display mode of a destination input operation menu displayed on the touch panel input/display unit based on destination management information registering plural abbreviated dialing numbers referred to by the abbreviated dialing input unit, the destination input operation menu including a first display area displaying abbreviated dialing numbers associated with at least one selected searched for character, wherein: information elements registered in the destination management information include each abbreviated dialing number and corresponding destination number, destination name, line type, and searched for character, the destination input operation menu displayed on the touch panel input/display unit includes a second display area, information elements searched for by using the at least one selected searched for character as a key being displayed as a searched for group in a prescribed format in the first display area, plural elements to be used as keys being arranged in the second display area, and when one of the elements in the second display area is touched, a searched for group corresponding to at least one character assigned to the touched element is displayed in the first display area.