Cellular phone provided with function of editing and displaying electronic mail data per communication counterpart

• US 20040063460A1
• Filed: 06/09/2003
• Published: 04/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Electronics Services Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Electronics Services Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Horikawa, Makoto, Takesada, Mutsuharu, Habara, Takaaki, Yamagishi, Norikazu, Imai, Mina
• Application Number:
  US10/457,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20040063460A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

A cellular phone 1 comprising an overall control unit 10, an operation unit 11, a display 12, a transmission/reception unit 13, an inbox 14 for storing received electronic mail data, an outbox 15 for storing transmitted electronic mail data, and a power source 16, wherein the cellular phone is further provided with a function of displaying electronic mail data transmitted to and/or received from a selected communication counterpart in a mixed state.

Claims

1. A cellular phone provided with a function of editing and displaying electronic mail data for each communication counterpart, the cellular phone comprising an overall control unit, an operating unit, a display unit, a transmission/reception unit, an inbox for storing received electronic mail data, an outbox for storing transmitted electronic mail data, and a power source,

wherein said cellular phone is further provided with a function of displaying electronic mail data transmitted to and received from a selected communication counterpart in a mixed state.

2. A cellular phone provided with a function of editing and displaying electronic mail data for each communication counterpart according to claim 1,

wherein said cellular phone is further provided with a function of displaying electronic mail data in an order with respect to a predetermined item selected from the group consisting of time or time range, a keyword included in a title or content (main text), and a title.

3. A cellular phone provided with a function of editing and displaying electronic mail data for each communication counterpart according to claim 2,

wherein said cellular phone is further provided with a function of reading out reception data or transmission data with respect to a given communication counterpart, editing said data, and displaying said data in an order with respect to a predetermined item, by selecting a predetermined communication counterpart when displaying said reception data or transmission data in the order with respect to the predetermined item.

4. A cellular phone provided with a function of editing and displaying electronic mail data for each communication counterpart according to claim 1, claim 2 or claim 3,

wherein said cellular phone is further provided with a function of selecting a communication counterpart and setting a password to access the data transmitted to or received from said selected communication counterpart.

5. A cellular phone provided with a function of editing and displaying electronic mail data for each communication counterpart according to any one of claims 1 through 4,

wherein said cellular phone is further provided with a function of forwarding electronic mail data to a designated address.