Communication Terminal Device and Communication Method

• US 20070185974A1
• Filed: 02/01/2007
• Published: 08/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Murata Machinery Limited (Muratec)
• Original Assignee: Murata Machinery Limited (Muratec)
• Inventors: KAWASAKI, Shinji
• Application Number:
  US11/670,346
• Publication Number:
  US 20070185974A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00212 Attaching image data to computer messages, e.g. to e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00214 details of transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00217 only involving computer data transmission protocols, e.g. SMTP, WAP or HTTP communication protocol aspects and techniques in packet data networks H04L69/00; network-specific arrangements or communication protocols supporting networked applications H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00408 Display of information to the user, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32058 Abbreviated dialing, e.g. one-touch dialing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32064 Multi-address calling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0093 Facsimile machine H04N2201/0094 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

A communication terminal device registers destination information to be a transmission destination when transmitting transmission data, and registers a folder by associating with the registered destination information in a manner that the folder can be designated based on the registered destination information. The communication terminal device accepts a designation of destination information to be a transmission destination of transmission data from the registered destination information, and specifies a folder corresponding to the accepted destination information. The communication terminal device acquires data information of the specified folder, and indicates the acquired data information. The communication terminal device uses the indicated data information to accept a designation of transmission data, and transmits the accepted transmission data to a transmission destination.

Claims

1. A communication terminal device comprising:

a destination information registering unit which registers destination information to be a transmission destination when transmitting transmission data;

a folder registering unit which registers a folder by associating the folder with the destination information registered in the destination information registering unit in a manner that the folder can be specified based on the destination information;

a destination accepting unit which accepts a designation of destination information to be a transmission destination of transmission data from the destination information registered in the destination information registering unit;

a folder specifying unit which specifies a folder corresponding to the destination information accepted by the destination accepting unit;

a data information acquiring unit which acquires data information of the folder specified by the folder specifying unit;

an indicating unit which indicates the data information acquired by the data information acquiring unit;

a transmission data accepting unit which accepts a designation of the transmission data by using the data information indicated by the indicating unit; and

a transmission unit which transmits the transmission data accepted by the transmission data accepting unit to the transmission destination.

2. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the destination information registering unit includes additional information into the destination information,

the folder registering unit registers the folder by associating the folder with the additional information of the destination information in a manner that the folder can be designated based on the additional information, and

the folder specifying unit acquires the additional information of the destination information accepted by the destination accepting unit from the destination information registering unit, and specifies the folder based on the additional information.

3. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein when newly registering destination information in the destination information registering unit, the folder registering unit automatically creates a new folder in a data storage unit of the communication terminal device or a data storage unit of a remote storage device, which can be referenced by the communication terminal device via a network, by associating the new folder with the destination information, and registers the new folder by associating with the newly registered destination information.

4. The communication terminal device according to claim 3, wherein when automatically creating the new folder, the folder registering unit generates a folder name based on the destination information and assigns the generated folder name to the new folder.

5. The communication terminal device according to claim 3, wherein the folder registering unit determines a presence or an absence of the folder, which can be specified based on the newly registered destination information, in the data storage unit, and in case of the presence of the folder that can be specified, the folder registering unit registers the existing folder that can be specified by associating the folder with the destination information without creating a new folder.

6. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the destination information registering unit can register a plurality of destination information as a group, and the folder registering unit can register a folder by associating the folder with the group in a manner that the folder can be specified based on the group.

7. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein when the destination accepting unit accepts a plurality of destination information as the transmission destination, in case of a presence of a plurality of folders corresponding to the plurality of the destination information, the data information acquiring unit acquires data information of the plurality of the folders, and the indicating unit indicates each of the plurality of the data information acquired by the data information acquiring unit.

8. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising a deleting unit, wherein after the transmission unit transmits the transmission data, the deleting unit deletes the transmitted transmission data from the folder.

9. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising a moving unit, wherein after the transmission unit transmits the transmission data, the moving unit moves the transmitted transmission data from the folder to another folder.

10. A communication terminal device comprising:

means for registering destination information to be a transmission destination when transmitting transmission data;

means for registering a folder by associating the folder with the registered destination information in a manner that the folder can be specified based on the registered destination information;

means for accepting a designation of destination information to be a transmission destination of transmission data from the registered destination information;

means for specifying a folder corresponding to the accepted destination information;

means for acquiring data information of the specified folder;

means for indicating the acquired data information;

means for accepting a designation of transmission data by using the indicated data information; and

means for transmitting the accepted transmission data to the transmission destination.

11. The communication terminal device according to claim 10, further comprising:

means for including additional information in the destination information;

means for registering a folder by associating the folder with the additional information of the destination information in a manner that the folder can be specified based on the additional information; and

means for acquiring the additional information of the accepted destination information and specifying the folder based on the additional information.

12. The communication terminal device according to claim 10, further comprising:

means for automatically creating a new folder in a data storage unit of the communication terminal device or a data storage unit of a remote storage device, which can be referenced by the communication terminal device via a network, when newly registering destination information, by associating the new folder with the destination information; and

means for registering the new folder by associating the new folder with the newly registered destination information.

13. The communication terminal device according to claim 12, further comprising means for generating a folder name based on the destination information and assigning the generated folder name to the new folder when automatically creating the new folder.

14. The communication terminal device according to claim 12, further comprising:

means for determining a presence or an absence of the folder, which can be specified based on the newly registered destination information, in the data storage unit; and

means for registering, wherein in case of the presence of the folder that can be specified, without creating a new folder, the means for registering registers the existing folder that can be specified by associating the existing folder with the destination information.

15. The communication terminal device according to claim 10, further comprising:

means for registering a plurality of destination information as a group; and

means for registering the folder by associating the folder with the group in a manner that the folder can be specified based on the group.

16. The communication terminal device according to claim 10, further comprising:

means for acquiring data information of a plurality of folders when accepting a plurality of destination information as the transmission destination and in case there are a plurality of folders corresponding to the plurality of the destination information, and

means for indicating each of the acquired plurality of the data information.

17. The communication terminal device according to claim 10, further comprising means for deleting, after the means for transmitting transmits the transmission data, the transmitted transmission data from the folder.

18. The communication terminal device according to claim 10, further comprising means for moving, after the means for transmitting transmits the transmission data, the transmitted transmission data to another folder from the folder.

19. A communication method comprising the steps of:

registering destination information to be a transmission destination when transmitting transmission data;

registering a folder by associating the folder with the registered destination information in a manner that the folder can be specified based on the registered destination information;

accepting a designation of destination information to be a transmission destination of transmission data from the registered destination information;

specifying a folder corresponding to the accepted destination information;

acquiring data information of the specified folder;

indicating the acquired data information;

accepting a designation of the transmission data by using the indicated data information; and

transmitting the accepted transmission data to the transmission destination.

20. The communication method according to claim 19, further comprising the steps of:

including additional information in the destination information;

registering a folder by associating the folder with the additional information of the destination information in a manner that the folder can be specified based on the additional information; and

acquiring the additional information of the accepted destination information and specifying the folder based on the acquired additional information.