Communication device and method for controlling

• US 20070201653A1
• Filed: 04/26/2007
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsukamoto, Akihito
• Granted Patent: US 7,894,804 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/142.60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2745 using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
• 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 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• 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

Abstract

A communication device comprises a first memory which stores telephone books, each including identification information and a name of a communication party, a second memory which stores communication histories, each including a communication time and identification information and a name of a communication party, a changing device which changes a telephone book stored in the first memory, and a control device which, when the telephone book is changed, changes a communication history stored in the second memory in accordance with a content of change.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a phonebook configured to store a plurality of phonebook items, each phonebook item including identification information and a name of a communication party;

a communication history configured to store a plurality of communication history items, each communication history item including identification information and a name of a communication party;

a changing device configured to change a content of a first phonebook item; and

a control device configured to, if said changing device changes a content of the first phonebook item with first identification information, automatically change a content of a first communication history item having the first identification information and corresponding to the first phonebook item in accordance with the changed content of the first phonebook item,

wherein the plurality of phonebook items and the plurality of communication history items are stored in the communication device.

2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein if a name in the first phonebook item is changed to a second name, said control device changes a name of a communication history item having the same identification information as the identification information of the first phonebook item to the second name.

3. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein if a second phonebook item including a second name and second identification is added to the phonebook, said control device changes a name of a communication history item having the second identification information to the second name.

4. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein if identification information of the first phonebook item is changed to a second identification information, said control device deletes a name of a communication history item having the identification information of the first phonebook item.

5. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein if identification information of the first phonebook item is changed to a second identification information, said control device changes a name of a communication history item having the second identification information to a name of a phonebook item having the second identification information.

6. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein said phonebook item further includes a first flag indicating whether a communication history item relating to the communication party is stored in said communication history, and said control device determines based on the first flag whether the communication history item to be changed is stored in said communication history.

8. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the identification information comprises a telephone number.

9. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the identification information comprises an electronic mail address.

7. (canceled)

10. A telephone device comprising:

a phonebook configured to store telephone numbers and party names, each telephone number associating with each party name;

a detecting device configured to detect a telephone number associated with a call;

a call history configured to store the detected telephone number and the party name associated with the detected telephone number;

a changing device configured to change a content of the phonebook; and

a control device configured to, if said changing device changes the content of the phonebook associated with the telephone number, automatically change a content of the call history associated with the telephone number in accordance with the changed content of the phonebook,

wherein the content of the phone book and the content of the call history are stored in the telephone device.

11. A telephone device comprising:

a phonebook configured to store telephone numbers and party names, each telephone number associating with each party name;

a detecting device configured to detect a telephone number associated with a call;

a call history configured to store the detected telephone number and the party name associated with the detected telephone number;

a changing device configured to change a first telephone number of the phonebook to a second telephone number; and

a control device configured to, if said changing device changes the first telephone number of the phonebook to the second telephone number, automatically change a telephone number of the call history associated with a party name associated with the first telephone number of the phonebook to the second telephone number,

wherein the telephone numbers and party names of the phonebook and the detected telephone number and the party name of the call history are stored in the telephone device.

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14. A communication method comprising:

storing a plurality of phonebook items, each phonebook item including identification information and a name of a communication party;

storing a plurality of communication history items, each communication history item including identification information and a name of a communication party; and

automatically changing, if a content of a first phonebook item with first identification information is changed, a content of a first communication history item having the first identification information and corresponding to the first phonebook item in accordance with the changed content of the first phonebook item,

wherein the plurality of phonebook items and the plurality of communication history items are stored in the communication device.

15. The communication method according to claim 14, wherein if a name in the first phonebook item is changed to a second name, a name of a communication history item having the same identification information as the identification information of the first phonebook item is changed to the second name.

16. The communication method according to claim 14, wherein if a second phonebook item including a second name and second identification is added to the phonebook, a name of a communication history item having the second identification information is changed to the second name.

17. The communication method according to claim 14, wherein if identification information of the first phonebook item is changed to a second identification information, a name of a communication history item having the identification information of the first phonebook item is deleted.

18. The communication method according to claim 14, wherein if identification information of the first phonebook item is changed to a second identification information, a name of a communication history item having the second identification information is changed to a name of a phonebook item having the second identification information.

21. The communication method according to claim 14, wherein the identification information comprises a telephone number.

22. The communication method according to claim 14, wherein the identification information comprises an electronic mail address.

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23. A communication method comprising:

storing telephone numbers and party names, each telephone number associating with each party name, in a phonebook;

detecting a telephone number associated with a call;

storing the detected telephone number and the party name associated with the detected telephone number in a communication history; and

automatically changing, if a content of the phonebook associated with the telephone number is changed, a content of the communication history associated with the telephone number in accordance with the changed content of the phonebook,

wherein the telephone numbers and party names of the phonebook and the detected telephone number and the party name of the communication history are stored in a single communication device.

24. A communication method comprising:

storing telephone numbers and party names, each telephone number associating with each party name, in a phonebook;

detecting a telephone number associated with a call;

storing the detected telephone number and the party name associated with the detected telephone number in a communication history; and

automatically changing, if a first telephone number of the phonebook is changed to the second telephone number, a telephone number of the communication history associated with a party name associated with the first telephone number of the phonebook to the second telephone number,

wherein the telephone numbers and party names of the phonebook and the detected telephone number and the party name of the communication history are stored in a single communication device.

25-26. -26. (canceled)