Communication equipment in which data to be transmitted includes a plurality of data groups with information on data format and a converter for converting the data groups
First Claim
1. Communication equipment for transmitting and receiving information including all or some of characters, images, figures, voice, music data and digitized data, comprising:
- resource information storing means for storing information on a resource comprising hardware and software for processing data;
negotiation means for communicating with other communication equipment on a receiving side to judge if said other communication equipment on the receiving side has the same resource; and
conversion means which, when said other communication equipment on the receiving side does not have the same resource, performs data conversion, based on a conversion table stating conversion means for converting data to be transmitted to data that said other communication equipment on the receiving side can process,wherein the data to be transmitted includes a plurality of data groups each having information on data format thereof and said data groups include different data formats, said negotiation means judging if each of said data groups is convertible based on said information on the resource of said other communication equipment on the receiving side or said information on data format in the data to be transmitted, and said conversion means converting data groups in said plurality of data groups based on the result of the judgement on the convertibility.
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Abstract
Communication equipment comprises a communication section 3 performing communication with other equipment via a public line, a local area network, or an infrared communication network, a resource information storing section 5 storing what format data equipment can handle, a data storing section 6 storing data to be transmitted, a data conversion section 7 converting data so that the other party of communication can interpret it, a conversion table 8 storing whether currently held data can be converted to a form that the other party of communication can interpret, a conversion- means storing section 9 storing actual conversion means, and a negotiation section 10 knowing what the resource information of equipment of the other part is.
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1. Communication equipment for transmitting and receiving information including all or some of characters, images, figures, voice, music data and digitized data, comprising:
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resource information storing means for storing information on a resource comprising hardware and software for processing data; negotiation means for communicating with other communication equipment on a receiving side to judge if said other communication equipment on the receiving side has the same resource; and conversion means which, when said other communication equipment on the receiving side does not have the same resource, performs data conversion, based on a conversion table stating conversion means for converting data to be transmitted to data that said other communication equipment on the receiving side can process, wherein the data to be transmitted includes a plurality of data groups each having information on data format thereof and said data groups include different data formats, said negotiation means judging if each of said data groups is convertible based on said information on the resource of said other communication equipment on the receiving side or said information on data format in the data to be transmitted, and said conversion means converting data groups in said plurality of data groups based on the result of the judgement on the convertibility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. Terminal equipment for transmitting and receiving a message consisting of data such as voice, characters, and figures, and a code controlling an operation of a terminal, comprising:
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absence judging means which, when a message is received, judges that a user is absent; transmitting means which, when the user is judged to be absent by said absence judging means, automatically transmits an absence message to a sender of the received message, said absence message including a code for controlling an output of a terminal of said sender; code information control means for interpreting said code when said absence message including said code is received, and for controlling said terminal equipment in accordance with the interpretation of said code; secondary storage means for storing transmission messages, reception messages, a history of transmission and receptions, and data characteristic to senders; and display means for displaying said history stored in said secondary storage means as character information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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