Network System And Communication Device

• US 20080240386A1
• Filed: 03/27/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Yanagi, Satoru
• Granted Patent: US 8,284,919 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/93.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4557 Directories for hybrid networks, e.g. including telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A network system may include a first communication device, a second communication device composed separately from the first communication device and an address database. The first communication device may include a first access device. The first access device may be capable of accessing a network address. The address database may store the network address accessed by the first access device. The second communication device may include a telephone device, an address acquisition device and a second access device. The address acquisition device may acquire the network address from the address database in a case where the telephone device receives an incoming call. The second access device may be capable of accessing the network address acquired by the address acquisition device.

Claims

1. A network system, comprising:

a first communication device;

a second communication device composed separately from the first communication device; and

an address database,

wherein the first communication device comprises;

a first access device capable of accessing a network address,

wherein the address database stores the network address accessed by the first access device,

wherein the second communication device comprises;

a telephone device;

an address acquisition device that acquires the network address from the address database in a case where the telephone device receives an incoming call; and

a second access device capable of accessing the network address acquired by the address acquisition device.

2. The network system as in claim 1, further comprising a server comprising the address database, wherein:

the server is composed separately from the first communication device;

the first communication device further comprises an address sending device that sends a combination of the network address accessed by the first access device and communication device identification information of the first communication device to the server;

the address database stores the combination of the network address and the communication device identification information sent from the address sending device;

the telephone device is capable of receiving telephone identification information of a source;

the server further comprises a first identification information database that store a combination of communication device identification information and telephone identification information, and a first identification information identifying device that identifies, from the first identification information database, the communication device identification information combined with the telephone identification information received by the telephone device; and

the address acquisition device acquires, from the address database, the network address combined with the communication device identification information identified by the first identification information identifying device.

3. The network system as in claim 2, wherein:

the server is composed separately from the second communication device;

the second communication device further comprises a telephone identification information sending device that sends the telephone identification information received by the telephone device to the server;

the first identification information identifying device identifies, from the first identification information database, the communication device identification information combined with the telephone identification information sent from the telephone identification information sending device;

the server further comprises an address identifying device that identifies, from the address database, the network address combined with the communication device identification information identified by the first identification information identifying device, and a server side address sending device that sends the network address identified by the address identifying device to the second communication device; and

the address acquisition device acquires the network address by receiving the network address sent from the server side address sending device.

4. The network system as in claim 1, further comprising a server comprising the address database, wherein:

the server is composed separately from the first communication device;

the first communication device further comprises an input device that allows a user to input user identification information, and an address sending device that sends a combination of the network address accessed by the first access device and the user identification information input to the input device to the server;

the address database stores the combination of the network address and the user identification information sent from the address sending device;

the telephone device is capable of receiving telephone identification information of a source;

the server further comprises a second identification information database that stores a combination of user identification information and telephone identification information, and a second identification information identifying device that identifies, from the second identification information database, the user identification information combined with the telephone identification information received by the telephone device; and

the address acquisition device acquires, from the address database, the network address combined with the communication device identification information identified by the second identification information identifying device.

5. The network system as in claim 1, wherein:

the address database cumulatively stores network addresses accessed by the first access device;

the address acquisition device acquires the network addresses stored in the address database in the case where the telephone device receives the incoming call;

the second communication device further comprises a displaying device that displays the network addresses acquired by the address acquisition device, and a selecting device that allows a user to select at least one network address displayed on the displaying device; and

the second access device accesses the selected network address.

6. The network system as in claim 5, wherein:

in a case where the network addresses acquired by the address acquisition device includes first network addresses corresponding to a search result of a search engine and the other network addresses, the displaying device displays the first network addresses and the other network addresses in a distinguishable manner.

7. The network system as in claim 6, wherein:

the first communication device further comprises an address identification information adding device that adds address identification information to the network address accessed by the first access device, the address identification information indicates whether the network address corresponds to the search result of the search engine; and

the displaying device displays the first network addresses and the other network addresses in the distinguishable manner based on the address identification information added to each network address.

8. The network system as in claim 7, wherein:

the first communication device further comprises a search result format list that stores a plurality of patterns of a character string indicating search results of search engines;

in a case where the network address accessed by the first access device includes any character string stored in the search result format list, the address identification information adding device adds the address identification information to the network address.

9. The network system as in claim 1, wherein:

the first communication device further comprises an operating device; and

in a case where the first access device accesses a network address and the operating device is operated by a user to perform a predetermined operation, the address database stores the network address.

10. The network system as in claim 1, wherein:

the second communication device further comprises a printing device capable of printing information existing on the network address accessed by the second access device.

11. A communication device to be connected with an address database in a communicable manner, the address database storing a network address accessed by another communication device, the communication device comprising:

a telephone device;

an address acquisition device that acquires the network address from the address database in a case where the telephone device receives an incoming call; and

an access device capable of accessing the network address acquired by the address acquisition device.

12. A communication device to be connected with another communication device in a communicable manner, the communication device comprising:

an address database that stores a network address accessed by the other communication device;

a telephone device;

an address acquisition device that acquires the network address from the address database in a case where the telephone device receives an incoming call; and

an access device capable of accessing the network address acquired by the address acquisition device.