Communication apparatus with stored sets of destination and communication mode information that automatically selects a stored set for a second communication

• US 6,198,815 B1
• Filed: 07/25/1994
• Issued: 03/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Mishima, Kenichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Criang, Jack
• Application Number:
  US08/280,139
• Time in Patent Office: 2,416 Days
• Field of Search: 379/355, 379/356, 379/100, 379/354, 358/440, 358/442, 358/444, 358/468
• US Class Current: 379/355.09
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2749 Automatic dialling or redialling systems, e.g. on off-hook or redial on busy

Abstract

A communicating apparatus having a redial function comprises: an input unit to supply a destination and a communicating mode; a redial memory to sequentially store the destination and the communicating mode supplied by the input unit, in which a plurality of sets of destinations and communicating modes are stored into the redial memory; a communication unit to perform a communication to the destination supplied by the input unit in accordance with the supplied communicating mode; and a search key to search desired one of a plurality of sets of destinations and communicating modes which have sequentially been stored in the redial memory, wherein the communication unit executes the communication in accordance with the destination and the communicating mode according to the operation of the search key.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

an input unit, arranged to input destination information and a communication mode, the communication mode being one of a plurality of communication modes;

a communication unit, arranged to perform a communication in accordance with an inputted communication mode;

a re-dial memory that includes a plurality of memory areas, each of which stores re-dial information relating to an earlier communication performed by said apparatus, the re-dial information including destination information, a communication mode to be used for communicating with a destination corresponding to the destination information, and pointing data for pointing to a subsequently-stored memory area of the plurality of memory areas;

a display unit, arranged to display the re-dial information stored in each of the plurality of memory areas; and

a selector unit, arranged to enable an operator to search for and select a desired one of the plurality of memory areas by viewing the re-dial information displayed by the display unit and designating a selection using said input unit, wherein

the respective pointing data stored in each of the plurality of memory areas points to a memory area storing re-dial information of a next communication performed by said apparatus,

the re-dial information stored in each of the plurality of memory areas are read out and displayed in an order opposite to an order in which they were stored in said re-dial memory, based on the pointing data stored in the plurality of memory areas, and

said communication unit executes a communication in accordance with re-dial information stored in the desired one of the plurality of memory areas designated by the operator.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said input unit includes a key input unit.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication mode includes a resolution mode.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication mode includes a line classification mode.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said selector unit enables a user to search sequentially through the re-dial information stored in the plurality of memory areas using a scroll key of said input unit.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said input unit includes a set key for designating that a selected re-dial information is set.