Information Communicating Apparatus and Message Displaying Method

• US 20090280778A1
• Filed: 09/26/2006
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Nishimura, Yoshimasa, Nagai, Ai, Ichinose, Akihiro, Asano, Koichi, Seung, Hyunsuk
• Granted Patent: US 7,881,700 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

A cell phone 1 is characterized by having a problem determination storage 3 for storing problem finding information for determining whether there is a problem in received data received by a radio communicator 2, in correspondence to a fixed message, and for storing an arbitrary message available for arbitrary correspondence to the problem finding information; an arbitrary message determination processor 5 for determining whether an arbitrary message is stored in correspondence to the problem finding information in the problem determination storage 3, when it is determined that there is a problem in the received data; and an operation controller 6 for displaying the arbitrary message when the arbitrary message determination processor 5 determines that the arbitrary message is stored, and for displaying the fixed message stored in the problem determination storage 3, when it is determined that no arbitrary message is stored.

Claims

1. An information communication apparatus comprising:

communication processing module for receiving data;

problem determination storing module for storing problem finding information for determining whether there is a problem in the received data received by the communication processing module, in correspondence to a fixed message, and for storing an arbitrary message available for arbitrary correspondence to the problem finding information;

arbitrary message determining module for, when it is determined that there is a problem in the received data, based on the problem finding information, determining whether the arbitrary message is stored in correspondence to the problem finding information in the problem determination storing module; and

display controlling module for displaying the arbitrary message on display module when the arbitrary message determining module determines that the arbitrary message is stored in correspondence to the problem finding information, and for displaying the fixed message stored in correspondence to the problem finding information in the problem determination storing module, on the display module when the arbitrary message determining module determines that the arbitrary message is not stored in correspondence to the problem finding information.

2. The information communication apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the problem determination storing module comprises:

problem pattern storing module for storing the problem finding information in correspondence to a plurality of problem levels classified according to levels of importance of the problem finding information and for storing an arbitrary message available for an update, in arbitrary correspondence to the problem finding information, and

problem level storing module for storing the problem levels in correspondence to the respective fixed messages;

wherein the arbitrary message determining module determines whether the arbitrary message is stored in correspondence to the problem finding information in the problem pattern storing module, when it is determined that there is a problem in the received data, based on the problem finding information stored in the problem pattern storing module;

wherein the display controlling module displays the arbitrary message on the display module when the arbitrary message determining module determines that the arbitrary message is stored in correspondence to the problem finding information, and the display controlling module displays the fixed message stored in the problem level storing module in correspondence to the problem level stored in correspondence to the problem finding information in the problem pattern storing module, on the display module, when it is determined that the arbitrary message is not stored in correspondence to the problem finding information.

3. The information communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein upon display of the arbitrary message on the display module, the display controlling module determines whether the arbitrary message contains embedded information;

when the arbitrary message contains the embedded information, the display controlling module replaces the embedded information in the arbitrary message with information pertinent to the embedded information in the received data, and displays the arbitrary message after the replacement on the display module.

4. The information communication apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising update processing module for performing addition or deletion of the problem finding information to or from the problem pattern storing module, and for performing addition, deletion, or change of the arbitrary message corresponding to the problem finding information.

5. The information communication apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

action controlling module for, when it is determined that there is a problem in the received data, based on the problem finding information, performing an operation process according to the problem level stored in correspondence to the problem finding information in the problem pattern storing module.

6. The information communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

originator information storing module for storing originator information contained in the received data, the originator information being information permitting confirmation of security of the received data; and

a problem determination processor for, when the originator information contained in the received data received by the communication processing module matches up with the originator information stored in the originator information storing module, determining that there is no problem in the received data.

7. A message displaying method comprising:

a problem determination step of determining whether there is a problem in received data, based on problem finding information stored in problem determination storing module for storing the problem finding information for determining whether there is a problem in received data received by an information communication apparatus, in correspondence to a fixed message and for storing an arbitrary message available for arbitrary correspondence to the problem finding information;

an arbitrary message determination step of determining whether the arbitrary message is stored in correspondence to the problem finding information in the problem determination storing module, when it is determined in the problem determination step that there is a problem in the received data; and

a message display step of displaying the arbitrary message when it is determined in the arbitrary message determination step that the arbitrary message is stored in correspondence to the problem finding information, and displaying the fixed message stored in correspondence to the problem finding information in the problem determination storing module, when it is determined that the arbitrary message is not stored in correspondence to the problem finding information.

8. The message displaying method according to claim 7, further comprising:

a problem determination avoidance step of, upon reception of the received data, determining that there is no problem in the received data, without execution of the problem determination step, when originator information contained in the received data matches up with originator information stored for confirmation of security in originator information storing module.

9. The message displaying method according to claim 7, wherein the message display step comprises the following steps:

upon display of the arbitrary message, it is determined whether the arbitrary message contains embedded information; and

when the arbitrary message contains the embedded information, the embedded information in the arbitrary message is replaced with information pertinent to the embedded information in the received data, and the arbitrary message after the replacement is displayed.