COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20140023187A1
• Filed: 06/20/2013
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: YUI, Takaaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,380,151 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/376.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/654 Pre, in or post-call message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0042 where the data service is a text-based messaging service H04M7/0054 takes precedence

Abstract

A communication device, including a receiver specification section which specifies a receiving communication device; a control section which transmits, to the receiving communication device specified by the receiver specification section, call request information used for outputting a call request notification and deleting the call request notification after a predetermined time period; a time period setting section which sets a time period during when the call request notification is output by the receiving communication device; a message setting section which sets a call request message; and a cancel instruction section which inputs a cancel instruction of the call request notification.

Claims

1. A communication device, comprising:

a receiver specification section which specifies a receiving communication device; and

a control section which transmits, to the receiving communication device specified by the receiver specification section, call request information used for outputting a call request notification and deleting the call request notification after a predetermined time period.

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

a time period setting section which sets a time period during when the call request notification is output by the receiving communication device.

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

a message setting section which sets a call request message,

wherein

the call request notification includes the call request message.

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

a cancel instruction section which inputs a cancel instruction of the call request notification,

wherein

when the cancel instruction is input by the cancel instruction section, the control section transmits cancel information which instructs canceling of the call request notification to the receiving communication device to which the call request information is transmitted.

5. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein

the receiver specification section specifies a plurality of the communication devices as receiving communication devices, and

the control section transmits the call request information to the plurality of the receiving communication devices specified by the receiver specification section.

6. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein, when a call is received from any of the plurality of the communication devices to which the call request information is transmitted, the control section transmits cancel information which instructs canceling of the call request notification to the other receiving communication devices to which the call request information is transmitted.

12. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is a telephone.

7. A communication device, comprising:

a receiving section which receives call request information from an external communication device; and

an output section which, when the receiving section receives the call request information, outputs a call request notification and deletes the call request notification after a predetermined time period.

8. The communication device according to claim 7, wherein, when information which instructs an output time period of the call request notification is received together with the call request information from the external communication device, the output section outputs the call request notification for the instructed output time period.

9. The communication device according to claim 7, wherein

the call request notification includes a call request message, and

when information indicating the call request message is received together with the call request information from the external communication device, the output section outputs the call request message on the basis of the received information indicating the call request message.

10. The communication device according to claim 7, wherein the output section stops outputting the call request notification when cancel. information which instructs canceling of the call request notification is received from the external communication device.

11. The communication device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a calling section which makes a call to the external communication device when off-hook is performed while the output section is outputting the call request notification.

13. A communication system, comprising:

a plurality of communication devices which are connected to each other via a communication network,

wherein

a first communication device among the plurality of the communication devices includes;

a receiver specification section which specifies a second communication device as a receiving communication device; and

a call request transmitting section which transmits call request information used for outputting a call request notification and deleting the call request notification after a predetermined time period to the second communication device specified by the receiver specification section,

wherein

the second communication device includes an output section which, when the call request information is received from the first communication device, outputs the call request notification and deletes the call request notification after a predetermined time period.

14. The communication system according to claim 13, wherein

the first communication device includes a time period setting section which sets an output time period of the call request notification,

the call request transmitting section transmits information that instructs the output time period set by the time period setting section together with the call request information to the second communication device, and

when the information that instructs the output time period is received together with the call request information from the first communication device, the output section outputs the call request notification for the instructed output time period.

15. The communication system according to claim 13, wherein

the call request notification includes a call request message,

the first communication device includes a message setting section which sets the call request message,

the call request transmitting section transmits information indicating the call request message set by the message setting section together with the call request information to the second communication device, and

when the information indicating the call request message is received together with the call request information from the first communication device, the output section outputs the call request message on the basis of the received information indicating the call request message.

16. The communication system according to claim 13, wherein

the first communication device includes:

a cancel instruction section which inputs a cancel instruction of the call request notification; and

a cancel information transmitting section which transmits cancel information which instructs canceling of the call request notification to the second communication device when the cancel instruction is input by the cancel instruction section, and

the output section stops outputting of the call request notification when the cancel information is received from the first communication device.

17. The communication system according to claim 13,

wherein

the receiver specification section specifies a plurality of the second communication devices as receiving communication devices, and

the call request transmitting section transmits the call request information to the plurality of the second communication devices specified by the receiver specification section.

18. The communication system according to claim 17, wherein, when a call is received from any of the plurality of the second communication devices, the call request transmitting section transmits cancel information which instructs canceling of the call request notification to the other second communication devices.

19. A computer readable medium which stores a program for making a computer execute:

specifying a receiving communication device; and

controlling to transmit call request information used for outputting a call request notification and deleting the call request notification after a predetermined time period to the receiving communication device specified by the specifying.

20. A computer readable medium which stores a program for making a computer execute:

receiving call request information from an external communication device; and

outputting a call request notification and deleting the call request notification after a predetermined time period when the call request information is received by the receiving.