Patent ID: 7280850

Claim:
A communication terminal which displays, when a memory dial function is used, a plurality of registered names of parties to which a telephone call is possibly made, and initiates, according to a predetermined operation, the telephone call to a telephone number which corresponds to a selected registered name, comprising: a call destination selection unit operable to select one name from the displayed plurality of registered names; a measuring unit operable to measure a length of time for which the selected registered name is displayed; a first display unit operable to display when the length of time measured by the measuring unit exceeds a predetermined length of time, a plurality of telephone numbers and e-mail addresses which correspond to the selected registered name; a second display unit operable to display when the predetermined operation is performed while the plurality of telephone numbers and e-mail addresses is being displayed on the first display unit, only the telephone numbers; a telephone number selection unit operable to select one telephone number from the plurality of telephone numbers being displayed on the second display unit; and a call initiation unit operable to initiate a telephone call to the selected telephone number.