A telephone handset identifying incoming callers by way of a pictogram display and a system for managing the association of pictograms with caller identities.

摘要

In telephone handset 100, an incoming call is received via a call receiving unit 101. A call identifying unit 102 is operable to extract details of the number from which the incoming call originates and compare these caller identity details with caller identity details stored in a caller identity store 103 to thereby determine the identity of the incoming caller. A pictogram look up engine 104 is then operable to perform a look up in a pictogram data store 105 based on the caller identity. In the event that there is a pictogram stored in the pictogram store 105 associated with the caller identity, this pictogram is output to display screen 106 for display. The pictogram is suitably formatted such that its display on the screen 106 takes up all or substantially all of the screen.Embodiments of the invention further include a method of associating a pictogram with identity data or operational data stored in a handset.