COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM

• US 20110082942A1
• Filed: 03/09/2009
• Published: 04/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Takei, Yuko, Kitamura, Yoshihiko
• Application Number:
  US12/994,737
• Publication Number:
  US 20110082942A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A user invited to a session can see the content of the conversation exchanged in the session before participating in the session, so that he/she can easily decide whether or not to join the session. There are provided an invitation request transmitting section 202 which transmits an invitation request to invite another station user to a communication session, an invitation acceptance transmitting section 206 which transmits an invitation acceptance response according to an input operation of a user of its own station when an invitation request is received from another station, a digest request transmitting section 206 which transmits a digest request when predetermined conditions are satisfied for the invitation request received from another station, a digest information transmitting section 210 which creates and transmits the digest information when the digest request from another station is received, and a digest information output section 213 which notifies the user of its own station of the content of the digest information received from another station.

Claims

1. A communication terminal device capable of communicating with one or more communication terminals, comprising

a communication section which is adapted to transmit and receive a communication with the communication terminal;

an invitation request transmitting section which is adapted to transmit an invitation request to attend a communication session to the communication terminal through the communication section; and

a digest information transmitting section which is adapted to create digest information including a message relevant to the communication session and to transmit the created digest information to the communication terminal through the communication section when the communication section receives a digest request from the communication terminal after transmitting the invitation request.

2. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein when the communication section receives the digest request a plural number of times, the digest information transmitting section transmits second digest information, which has different content from first digest information that is the already transmitted digest information, to the communication terminal through the communication section.

3. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the digest information transmitting section creates the digest information by extracting each message information item, which is included in a communication history of the communication session, on the basis of the content of an invitation message included in the invitation request.

4. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the digest information transmitting section creates the digest information on the basis of the content of a message received in the past, which is associated with the communication terminal user.

5. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a session history storage section for storing history information regarding the communication session, wherein

the invitation request transmitting section compares the communication session with the session history storage section on the basis of history information regarding a communication relevant to the communication session, determines whether or not a member of the communication session and the communication terminal are included in the same session stored in the session history storage section, and transmits participant information regarding a member, who is not included, to the communication terminal through the communication section if the member is not included.

6. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein if the communication section does not receive a response regarding invitation acceptance from the communication terminal of an invitee within a predetermined time period after the invitation request transmitting section transmits the invitation request, the invitation request transmitting section transmits the digest information, which is created by the digest information transmitting section, to the communication terminal through the communication section.

7. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the digest information transmitting section transmits message identification information for specifying a message, which is related to the digest information to be transmitted, in a state added to the digest information.

8. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a message storage section for holding a message of a history communicated in the communication session and message identification information corresponding to the message; and

a history information transmitting section which is adapted to extract a message, which corresponds to the message identification information added to a history information request, from messages of the history held in the message storage section and transmit the message to the communication terminal when the communication section receives the history information request from the communication terminal.

9. The communication terminal device according to claim 8, wherein the message storage section sets a message ID, which is added to a message communicated in the session, as the message identification information.

10. A communication terminal device capable of communicating with one or more communication terminals, comprising:

a communication section which is adapted to transmit and receive a communication with the communication terminal;

an input section which is adapted to detect an input operation from a user of the communication terminal device regarding whether or not to accept an invitation request when the invitation request is received from the communication terminal; and

a digest request transmitting section which is adapted to transmit a digest request to the communication terminal through the communication section when the input section does not detect an input from the user within a predetermined time after the invitation request is received.

11. The communication terminal device according to claim 10, wherein the communication section receives digest information corresponding to the digest request, and

the digest request transmitting section re-transmits a digest request to the communication terminal through the communication section when the input section does not detect an input from the user within a predetermined time after receiving the digest information.

12. The communication terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the digest request transmitting section determines whether or not to re-transmit the digest request according to the size or the content of digest information already received from the communication terminal.

13. The communication terminal device according to claim 10, wherein the digest request transmitting section adds a keyword, which is related to the preferences of the user of the communication terminal device, to the digest request.

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

a profile information storage section for holding profile information that is related to the preferences of the user of the communication terminal device; and

a history request transmitting section which is adapted to transmit a history request, to which the profile information held in the profile information storage section is added, through the communication section.

15. A communication control method for inviting one or more communication terminals to a communication session, comprising:

transmitting an invitation request to attend the communication session to the communication terminal;

creating digest information including a message, which is related to the communication session, when a digest request is received from the communication terminal after transmitting the invitation request; and

transmitting the created digest information to the communication terminal.

17. A non-transitory storage medium in which is stored a program causing a computer to execute each step in the communication control method according to claim 15.

16. A communication control method for receiving an invitation to attend a communication session from a certain communication terminal, comprising:

receiving an invitation request to attend the communication session from the communication terminal;

detecting an input operation regarding whether or not to accept the received invitation request; and

transmitting a digest request to the communication terminal when the input operation is not detected within a predetermined time after the invitation request is received.

18. A non-transitory storage medium in which is stored a program causing a computer to execute each step in the communication control method according to claim 16.