Communication apparatus for storing abandoned call information

• US 5,245,651 A
• Filed: 10/21/1991
• Issued: 09/14/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Nakatsuma, Takuji, Takashima, Shoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dwyer, James L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Woo, Stella L.
• Application Number:
  US07/779,159
• Time in Patent Office: 694 Days
• Field of Search: 379/142, 379/215, 379/201, 379/209, 379/246, 379/247, 379/93, 379/94, 379/100, 379/130, 379/88, 379/127, 379/139
• US Class Current: 379/93.23
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0471 Terminal access circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/091 Indication of kind/number of subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/103 Memories
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/171 Number indicating signals (no dial signals)
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/331 Abbreviated dialing

Abstract

A communication apparatus includes a reception unit for receiving discrimination information for discriminating a calling party terminal equipment; a memory for storing the information received by the reception unit if no response is made to the call reception; and an output unit for visually outputting the information stored in the memory. The communication apparatus may further include a counter for counting the number of call receptions for each calling party number stored in the memory; and a unit for notifying one of the count result by the counter. The communication apparatus may also include a unit for determining if a call reception from a communication network is to be responded to or not; and a unit for calling the calling party after the display by the display unit, in response to an entry of a predetermined key.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus which is connected to a communication line, comprising:

reception means for receiving discrimination information which is to discriminate a calling party equipment, upon a call reception, the discrimination information being sent from said calling party equipment via the communication line;

first determining means for determining whether a call from the calling party equipment is responded to;

second determining means for determining whether a disconnection request command from the communication line is received;

memory means for storing the discrimination information received via the communication line by said reception means if said first determining means determines that the call from the calling party equipment is not responded to and said second determining means determines that the disconnection request command from the communication line is received; and

output means for visually outputting the discrimination information stored in said memory means, in accordance with a key input operation.

2. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said reception means receives a dial number of said calling party equipment as said discrimination information.

3. A communication apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising count means for counting a number of the call reception for each dial number of the calling party equipment, and wherein said output means visually outputs the call reception number counted by said count means together with the corresponding dial number.

4. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising automatic calling means for reading said information stored in said memory means and automatically calling said calling party equipment.

5. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said memory means stores said discrimination information for a plurality of calling party equipments which do not respond to a call reception.

6. A communication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said output means sequentially and visually outputs said discrimination information for said plurality of calling party equipments in response to a depression of a single manual switch.

7. A communication apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said automatic calling means performs an automatic call in response to a depression of a one-touch dial key.

8. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for deleting said information stored in said memory means.

9. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said communication apparatus is a facsimile apparatus connected to ISDN.

10. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said communication apparatus is a telephone set connected to ISDN.

11. A communication apparatus which is connected to a communication line, comprising:

determining means for determining whether a call reception from a communication network is responded to;

memory means for storing calling party information which has been sent via the communication line from a calling party equipment upon the call reception, if said determining means determines that the call reception is not responded to;

display means for displaying information associated with the calling party information stored in said memory means; and

calling means for calling the calling party equipment after the display by said display means, in response to an entry of a predetermined key.

12. A communication apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said memory means stores information on a plurality of calling parties which do not respond to said call reception.

13. A communication apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said display means displays information associated with said information on said plurality of calling parties stored in said memory means.

14. A communication apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising means for selecting said information on one of said plurality of calling parties stored in said memory means, wherein said calling means initiates a call to said selected calling party.

15. A communication apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said display means displays name information corresponding to said information on said calling party stored in said memory means.

16. A data communication apparatus which is connected to a communication system in which a plurality of terminal equipment are connected to at least one circuit, comprising:

detecting means for detecting a call reception from the connected circuit;

determining means for determining whether automatic reception of data sent from a calling party is possible or impossible, subsequent to detection of the call reception by said detecting means;

storing means for storing a calling party number of the calling party, the automatic reception of the data sent from the calling party being determined to be impossible by said determining means;

means for rejecting the call reception to said apparatus if said determining means determines that the automatic reception is impossible; and

notifying means for notifying the calling party, the calling party number of which is stored in said storing means.

17. A data communication apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said data communication apparatus is a facsimile apparatus for image information communication.

18. A data communication apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said notifying means displays said calling party number.