Communication device implementing a retransmitting function, program and medium

• US 7,441,034 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2002
• Issued: 10/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Sato, Akihiro, Kawakatsu, Yoshiaki, Iyama, Toshihiro, Tanoue, Tatsuya, Kawakami, Hidetoshi, Tsurusaki, Masaru, Motozono, Ryouichi
• Primary Examiner(s): WANG, LIANG CHE A
• Application Number:
  US10/102,677
• Publication Number:
  US 20030126288A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,405 Days
• Field of Search: 709204-207, 709/227, 455/418, 455461-463, 455/417, 455/551, 379/140, 379/133
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2749 Automatic dialling or redialling systems, e.g. on off-hook or redial on busy
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

A communication device implementing a function of retransmitting to a destination includes an operation unit detecting an input operation, a communication module starting a transmission to a destination specified by the input operation, a storage unit storing one or more pieces of destination specifying information on every destination, a judging module judging whether the communication can be attained upon the transmission, a searching module searching for, if judged to be impossible of the communication, one or more pieces of destination specifying information stored corresponding to the destination from the storage unit, a display unit displaying a list of the searched destination specifying information, a selection module accepting a selection of a desired piece of destination specifying information from the list of the destination specifying information displayed, and a retransmitting module retransmitting based on the selected destination specifying information.

Claims

1. A communication device implementing a retransmitting function via a network, comprising:

an operation unit detecting an input operation;

a communication module starting a transmission to a destination specified by the input operation using a first piece of destination specifying information to attempt to establish a communication;

a storage unit storing plural pieces of destination specifying information corresponding to every destination, said storage unit storing one or more telephone numbers or E-mail addresses as the destination specifying information on every destination;

a built-in self timer measuring a calling time after starting the transmission, without receiving time information from the network;

a searching module searching and retrieving one or more pieces of destination specifying information, other than the first piece of destination specifying information, stored corresponding to the destination in said storage unit if the calling time equals a predetermined time, while continuing the transmission to attempt to establish the communication based on the first destination specifying information after the calling time has equaled the predetermined time;

a display unit displaying a list of the retrieved one or more destination specifying information, said display unit displaying the searched telephone number or E-mail address;

a selection module for selecting a second piece of destination specifying information from the displayed list of the retrieved one or more destination specifying information, said selection module accepts a selection of the telephone number or E-mail address;

a retransmitting module interrupting the transmission based on the first destination and retransmitting based on the second destination specifying information; and

a screen control module making a screen, when the E-mail address is selected on said selection module, transit to an E-mail creating screen for creating an E-mail addressed to this selected E-mail address.

2. A communication device implementing a retransmitting function according to claim 1, wherein if an answer to the transmission is an on-speech signal in a communication that occurred due to other transmission, the communication can not be attained.

3. A communication device implementing a retransmitting function according to claim 1, further comprising a key accepting a request for retransmitting,

wherein when said key is pressed in the communication state occurred due to the transmission of said communication module, the communication can not be attained and the communication state is cancelled.

4. A communication device implementing a retransmitting function according to claim 1, wherein said storage unit stores a transmission count for every piece of destination specifying information, and

said display unit displays a list of the destination specifying information sorted based on the transmission counts.

5. A storage medium readable by a machine, tangible embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method comprising:

starting a transmission to a specified destination information to attempt to establish a communication;

measuring a calling time after starting the transmission by the machine, without receiving time information from outside;

searching and retrieving one or more pieces of destination specifying information other than the first piece of destination specifying information and stored corresponding to the destination if the calling time equals a predetermined time elapsed, while continuing to attempt to attain communication using the first piece of destination specifying information after the calling time has equaled the predetermined time, said searching and retrieving including searching and retrieving one or more telephone numbers or E-mail addresses as the destination specifying information;

displaying a list of the retrieved one or more pieces of destination specifying information, including displaying the retrieved one or more telephone numbers oe E-mail addresses;

selecting a second piece of destination specifying information from the displayed list, and accepting a selection of one of the displayed telephone numbers or E-mail addresess;

making a screen transit to an E-mail creating screen for creating an E-mail addressed to a selected E-mail address, when the second piece of information is the selected E-mail; and

interrupting the transmission using the first piece of destination specifying information and retransmitting based on the second piece of destination specifying information.

6. A storage medium readable by a machine, tangible embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine according to claim 5, wherein if an answer to the transmission is an on-speech signal in a communication occurred due to other transmission, the communication can not be attained.

7. A storage medium readable by a machine, tangible embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine according to claim 5, wherein when accepting a predetermined operation in the communication state occurred based on the start of the transmission, the communication can not be attained and the communication state is cancelled.

8. A storage medium readable by a machine, tangible embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine according to claim 5, further comprising:

storing a transmission count for every piece of destination specifying information; and

sorting the destination specifying information on the basis of the transmission counts,

wherein said display involves displaying a list of the destination specifying information sorted based on the transmission counts.

9. A communication method performed by a device connected to a network, comprising:

starting a transmission to a specified destination;

measuring a calling time after starting the transmission without receiving time information from outside the device;

searching and retrieving one or more pieces of destination specifying information other than the first piece of destination specifying information stored corresponding to the specified destination if a predetermined time elapsed while continuing to attempt attaining communication using the first piece of destination specifying information after the predetermined time elapsed, said searching and retrieving including searching one or more telephone numbers or E-mail addressed as the destination specifying information;

displaying a list of the retrieved one or more pieces destination specifying information including telephone numbers and E-mail addresses;

selecting a second piece of destination specifying information from the destination specifying information displayed and accepting a selected telephone number oe E-mail address;

making a screen transit to an E-mail creating screen for creating an E-mail addressed to a selected E-mail address, when the second piece of information is the selected E-mail address; and

interrupting the transmission based on the first piece of destination specifying information and retransmitting based on the second piece of destination specifying information.

10. A communication method according to claim 9, wherein if an answer to the transmission is an on-speech signal in a communication occurred due to other transmission, the communication can not be attained.

11. A communication method according to claim 9, wherein when accepting a predetermined operation in the communication state occurred based on the start of the transmission, the communication can not be attained and the communication state is cancelled.

12. A communication method according to claim 9, further comprising:

storing a transmission count for every piece of destination specifying information; and

sorting the destination specifying information on the basis of the transmission counts,

wherein said displaying involves displaying a list of the destination specifying information sorted based on the transmission counts.