Patent ID: 7392064

Claim:
A portable terminal equipment, comprising: storage means for storing one or a plurality of telephone numbers; telephone number selection means for selecting a predetermined telephone number from the telephone numbers stored in said storage means while said portable terminal equipment is closed; telephone number display means for displaying the telephone number selected by said telephone number selection means while said portable terminal equipment is closed; opening or closing detection means for detecting opening or closing of said portable terminal equipment; and control means for automatically originating a call to the telephone number selected by said telephone number selection means when an open state of said portable terminal equipment is detected by said opening or closing detection means, wherein said telephone number selection means comprises an automatic call originating mode On or Off setting switch for setting an automatic call originating mode while the portable terminal equipment is in a powered on state, and a telephone number selection switch; and said setting switch comprises an option that originates a call while said terminal is closed.