Communication apparatus for associating multimedia files with electronic mail
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1. A communication apparatus, comprising:
- a first memory for storing attribute information of a sender of an article;
first means for obtaining particular attribute information stored in said first memory identified as that of the sender of a received article by extracting sub-information specifying the sender from the received article;
a second memory for storing materials about the sender, a receiver, and environments thereof, including at least one of still pictures, animations and sounds;
a third memory for storing rules for selecting materials corresponding to the attribute information;
second means for selecting the particular material from said second memory to compose the particular material for reproduction in accordance with the particular attribute information obtained by said first means by referring to a rule stored in said third memory corresponding to the particular attribute information; and
third means for reproducing the particular material composed by said second means as representing the received article sent from the sender.
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Abstract
A communication apparatus which enables a user to have a more concrete image of a communication partner and to experience the fun of communication through a personal computer, wherein upon receipt of an article, a material representing a person who sent the article or a sending place is reproduced by means of a still picture, animation or sound corresponding to the person who sent the article, to the sending place or to the geographical relationship between the sending place and receiving place.
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1. A communication apparatus, comprising:
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a first memory for storing attribute information of a sender of an article; first means for obtaining particular attribute information stored in said first memory identified as that of the sender of a received article by extracting sub-information specifying the sender from the received article; a second memory for storing materials about the sender, a receiver, and environments thereof, including at least one of still pictures, animations and sounds; a third memory for storing rules for selecting materials corresponding to the attribute information; second means for selecting the particular material from said second memory to compose the particular material for reproduction in accordance with the particular attribute information obtained by said first means by referring to a rule stored in said third memory corresponding to the particular attribute information; and third means for reproducing the particular material composed by said second means as representing the received article sent from the sender. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A communication apparatus, comprising:
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a first memory for storing attribute information of a sender of an article; a second memory for storing attribute information of an addressee of the article; first means for obtaining sender attribute information stored in said first memory identified as that of the sender of a received article by extracting sub-information specifying the sender from the received article, and obtaining addressee attribute information from said second memory; a third memory for storing materials about the sender, the addressee, and environments thereof, including at least one of still pictures, animations and sounds; a fourth memory for storing rules for selecting materials, whereby a particular material corresponding to the sender and addressee attribute information may be selected; second means for selecting the particular material from said third memory to compose the particular material for reproduction in accordance with the sender and addressee attribute information obtained by said first means by referring to a rule stored in said fourth memory corresponding to the sender and addressee attribute information; and third means for reproducing the particular material composed by said second means, upon receipt of the received article from the sender, as representing the received article sent from the sender. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for transmitting an article between a sender and a receiver, comprising:
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storing attribute information of the sender of the article, material information for the sender and the receiver, and rules for selecting the material information, the material information including at least one of still pictures, animations and sounds; selecting at least one item of the material information based on sender attribute information corresponding to a sender identification extracted from the article after receipt by the receiver; and producing a representation of the article based the at least one item of the material information.
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20. At least one computer program, embodied on a computer-readable medium, for transmitting an article between a sender and a receiver, comprising:
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storing attribute information of the sender of the article, material information for the sender and the receiver, and rules for selecting the material information, the material information including at least one of still pictures, animations and sounds; selecting at least one item of the material information based on sender attribute information corresponding to a sender identification extracted from the article after receipt by the receiver; and producing a representation of the article based the at least one item of the material information.
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