Information terminal, server, information display system and information display method

• US 20010042103A1
• Filed: 06/18/2001
• Published: 11/15/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamanaka, Hiroshi, Saito, Masashi, Okada, Reiko, Tomari, Yoichiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,143,110 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/234 for tracking messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

An information terminal includes a history management section for recording history information about communication; an information management table for recording history related information indicating a processing state of the history information; and an information history list display section for displaying the history information in connection with the processing state of the history information in accordance with the history related information.

Claims

1. An information terminal comprising:

an information history list display section for displaying history information of communication in connection with a processing state of the history information in accordance with history related information indicating the processing state of the history information.

2. The information terminal according to

claim 1

, further comprising:

a history management section for recording the history information about communication; and

an information management table for recording the history related information that indicates the processing state of the history information stored in said history management section.

3. The information terminal according to

claim 2

, wherein

said information management table records relationships between the history information stored in said history management section as the history related information;

and

said information history list display section displays the history information in connection with the history information about that history information in accordance with the history related information stored in said information management table.

4. The information terminal according to

claim 2

, wherein said information history list display section displays the history information about communication by a plurality of different communication means together.

5. The information terminal according to

claim 2

, further comprising:

a personal address book for recording a personal name of a communication party and a communication address of the communication party; and

an address book search section for searching said personal address book, wherein

said information history list display section displays the personal name in substitution for the communication address included in the history information stored in said history management section in accordance with a retrieval result from said personal address book by said address book search section.

6. The information terminal according to

claim 1

, wherein said information history list display section receives the history information and the history related information from a server, and displays the received history information in connection with the processing state of the history information in accordance with the received history related information.

7. The information terminal according to

claim 1

, further comprising:

a history management section for recording the history information about communication,

wherein said information history list display section receives the history related information indicating the processing state of the history information from a server, and displays the history information in connection with the processing state of the history information in accordance with the received history related information.

8. The information terminal according to

claim 1

, further comprising:

an information management table for recording the history related information that indicates the processing state of the history information about communication stored in a server, and

wherein said information history list display section receives the history information about communication from said server, and displays the received history information in connection with the processing state of the history information in accordance with the history related information stored in said information management table.

9. A server comprising:

a personal information management section for transmitting, in response to a request from an information terminal that displays history information about communication in connection with a processing state of the history information, requested information to said information terminal.

10. The server according to

claim 9

, further comprising:

a history management section for recording the history information about communication; and

an information management table for recording history related information that indicates a processing state of the history information stored in said history management section,

wherein said personal information management section transmits the history information stored in said history management section and the history related information stored in said information management table to said information terminal in response to a request from the information terminal.

11. The server according to

claim 9

, further comprising:

an information management table for recording history related information indicating a processing state of the history information about communication,

wherein said personal information management section transmits the history related information stored in said information management table to said information terminal in response to a request from the information terminal.

12. The server according to

claim 9

, further comprising:

a history management section for recording history information about communication,

wherein said personal information management section transmits the history information stored in said history management section to said information terminal in response to a request from the information terminal.

13. An information display system including an information terminal and a server capable of communicating with each other, said information display system comprising:

a history management section for recording history information about communication;

an information management table for recording history related information that indicates a processing state of the history information stored in said history management section; and

an information history list display section for displaying the history information in connection with the processing state of the history information in accordance with the history related information stored in said information management table.

14. The information display system according to

claim 13

, wherein said server comprises said history management section and said information management table, along with a personal information management section for transmitting the history information stored in said history management section and the history related information stored in said information management table to said information terminal, wherein said information terminal comprises said information history list display section, and wherein said information history list display section receives the history information and history related information transmitted from said personal information management section.

15. The information display system according to

claim 13

, wherein said server comprises said information management table, along with a personal information management section for transmitting the history related information stored in said information management table to said information terminal, wherein said information terminal comprises said history management section and said information history list display section, and wherein said information history list display section receives the history related information transmitted from said personal information management section.

16. The information display system according to

claim 13

, wherein said server comprises said history management section, along with a personal information management section for transmitting the history information stored in said history management section to said information terminal, wherein said information terminal comprises said information management table and said information history list display section, and wherein said information history list display section receives the history information transmitted from said personal information management section.

17. An information display method comprising the steps of:

recording history information about communication;

recording history related information indicating a processing state of the history information; and

displaying the history information in connection with the processing state of the history information in accordance with the history related information.