Multi-media communication apparatus
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
- communication means capable of performing data communications;
storage means for storing data communicated by said communication means;
first selection means for selecting a communication of the data stored in said storage means;
display means for displaying a plurality of the data stored in said storage means;
second selection means for selecting one of the plurality of data displayed on said display means; and
control means for causing said storage means to be able to perform a data storage operation and causing said first and second selection means to be able to perform selection operations, during a communication operation by said communication means,wherein said storage means stores the data communicated by said communication means if the storage operation is selected, during a communication with a communication apparatus of a first party,said display means displays the plurality of data stored in said storage means, during a communication to a communication apparatus of a second party,thereafter, said communication means transmits the data selected by said second selection means to the communication apparatus of the second party, andsaid display means displays the data other than the selected data from among the plurality of data stored in said storage means, if the data communication is again selected by said first selection means after the transmission of the selected data.
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Abstract
A multi-media communication apparatus capable of communicating image and voice signals through a communication line, includes a storage unit for storing data sent from a communication apparatus of a first party during a communication with the communication apparatus of the first party, and a transmission unit for transmitting data stored in the storage unit to a communication apparatus of a second party during a communication with the communication apparatus of the second party.
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
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communication means capable of performing data communications; storage means for storing data communicated by said communication means; first selection means for selecting a communication of the data stored in said storage means; display means for displaying a plurality of the data stored in said storage means; second selection means for selecting one of the plurality of data displayed on said display means; and control means for causing said storage means to be able to perform a data storage operation and causing said first and second selection means to be able to perform selection operations, during a communication operation by said communication means, wherein said storage means stores the data communicated by said communication means if the storage operation is selected, during a communication with a communication apparatus of a first party, said display means displays the plurality of data stored in said storage means, during a communication to a communication apparatus of a second party, thereafter, said communication means transmits the data selected by said second selection means to the communication apparatus of the second party, and said display means displays the data other than the selected data from among the plurality of data stored in said storage means, if the data communication is again selected by said first selection means after the transmission of the selected data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A communication method comprising:
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a communication step capable of performing data communications; a storage step of storing data communicated in said communication step; a first selection step of selecting a communication of the data stored in said storage step; a display step of displaying a plurality of the data stored in said storage step; a second selection step of selecting one of the plurality of data displayed in said display step; and a control step of causing said storage step to be able to perform the data storage operation and causing said first and second selecting steps to be able to perform the selection operations, during the communication operation in said communication step, wherein, in said storage step, the data communicated in said communication step is stored if the storage operation is selected, during a communication with a communication apparatus of a first party, in said display step the plurality of the data stored in said storage step are displayed, during a communication to a communication apparatus of a second party, thereafter, in said communication step the data selected in said second selection step is transmitted to the communication apparatus of the second party, and in said display step the data other than the selected data from among the data stored in said storage step are displayed, if the data communication is again selected in said first selection step after the transmission of the selected data.
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