Information display apparatus and method
First Claim
1. Information display apparatus comprising:
- voice call means for making voice calls via lines;
calling number acquisition means for acquiring the telephone number of a calling party at call incoming;
data retrieval means for retrieving sender data acquired via said calling number acquisition means from a sender database that can store a plurality of data sets, each data set comprising a sender name and address, mail address and a network resource (URL) associated with a sender number as well as terminal resources such as text data and graphic data stored in the memory on a terminal;
data communication means equipped with an interface for making data communications via lines;
network resource acquisition means equipped with a series of network protocols for acquiring network resources by using said data communication means;
terminal resource acquisition means for acquiring resources on terminals;
application selection means for acquiring a network or a terminal resource corresponding to a predetermined or used-defined calling number from sender data retrieved via said data retrieval means and for selecting the application corresponding to the acquired resource; and
display means for displaying on the screen the resource and the application selected via said application selection means.
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Abstract
In information display apparatus 100 having voice call means 101, data on a sender database 104 is retrieved by data retrieval means 103 based on the sender number acquired via calling number acquisition means 102. Application selection means 109 uses terminal resource acquisition means 108 or network resource acquisition means 106 to acquired the resource described in the sender data based on the retrieved sender data and selects the application corresponding to the resource. Display means 111 displays the acquired resource via the application. This displays data related to the sender at call incoming, thus allowing the user to quickly recognize the information on the sender thus enhancing the convenience related to a call.
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15 Claims
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1. Information display apparatus comprising:
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voice call means for making voice calls via lines;
calling number acquisition means for acquiring the telephone number of a calling party at call incoming;
data retrieval means for retrieving sender data acquired via said calling number acquisition means from a sender database that can store a plurality of data sets, each data set comprising a sender name and address, mail address and a network resource (URL) associated with a sender number as well as terminal resources such as text data and graphic data stored in the memory on a terminal;
data communication means equipped with an interface for making data communications via lines;
network resource acquisition means equipped with a series of network protocols for acquiring network resources by using said data communication means;
terminal resource acquisition means for acquiring resources on terminals;
application selection means for acquiring a network or a terminal resource corresponding to a predetermined or used-defined calling number from sender data retrieved via said data retrieval means and for selecting the application corresponding to the acquired resource; and
display means for displaying on the screen the resource and the application selected via said application selection means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Information display method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring the telephone number of a calling party at call incoming;
retrieving sender data acquired via said calling number acquisition step from a sender database that can store a plurality of data sets, each data set comprising a sender name and address, mail address and a network resource (URL) associated with a sender number as well as terminal resources such as text data and graphic data stored in the memory on a terminal;
acquiring network resources and resources on terminals;
acquiring a network or a terminal resource corresponding to a predetermined or used-defined calling number from sender data retrieved via said data retrieval means;
selecting the application corresponding to the acquired resource; and
displaying on the screen the resource and the application selected via said application selection means.
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