Message automatic notification system, message automatic notification method, communication terminal device, and recording medium

• US 7,587,457 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2005
• Issued: 09/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Fujibayashi, Toshihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilles; Jude J Jean
• Application Number:
  US11/226,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20060079210A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,454 Days
• Field of Search: 709204-206
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]

Abstract

A message automatic notification system sends a message via a communication network to at least another communication terminal devices registered in a communication terminal device. The communication terminal device includes a control circuit, a communication circuit, and a memory unit. The control circuit causes a message-sending condition to be registered in the memory unit, obtains presence information from the other communication terminal device registered in the memory unit via the communication network, judges whether the message-sending condition where a message is sent when the presence information turns to be a predetermined state is established based on the presence information obtained, and sends a message previously registered by a user in the memory unit when judged that the message-sending condition is established.

Claims

1. A message automatic notification system for sending a message via a communication network to at least another communication terminal device registered in a communication terminal device, the communication terminal device comprising:

registering means for registering a message-sending condition;

obtaining means for obtaining presence information from the other communication terminal device registered in its own communication terminal device via the communication network, the presence information being provided by manual input from an operation unit of the other communication terminal device by a user of the other communication terminal device;

judging means for judging whether the message-sending condition where a message is sent when the presence information turns to be a predetermined on-line state is established based on the obtained presence information; and

message sending means for automatically sending a message previously registered by a user in its own communication terminal device when judged that the message sending-condition is established.

2. The message automatic notification system according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining means obtains the presence information from the other communication terminal device registered only for a period previously registered in its own communication terminal device.

3. The message automatic notification system according to claim 1, further comprising message sending-condition storing means for storing the message sending condition, wherein the message sending means sends the message only to a communication terminal device that provides presence information in which the message-sending condition is established, wherein the at least another communication terminal corresponds to N other communication terminals, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to three, wherein the message sending condition corresponds to at least M of the N other communication terminals being on-line at the same time, M being a positive integer greater than or equal to two.

4. The message automatic notification system according to claim 1, wherein the message sending means sends the message by e-mail.

5. The message automatic notification system according to claim 1, wherein the message sending means sends the message by an instant message.

6. The message automatic notification system according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining means obtains the presence information from the registered other communication terminal device through a presence server connected to the communication network.

7. The message automatic notification system according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal device includes at least one of a mobile phone, a PHS terminal, a PDA, a personal computer, and a game machine.

8. A message automatic notification system for sending a message via a communication network to at least another other communication terminal device registered in a communication terminal device, the communication terminal device comprising:

a control circuit;

a communication circuit; and

a memory unit,

wherein the control circuit causes a message-sending condition to be registered in the memory unit, obtains presence information from the other communication terminal device registered in the memory unit via the communication circuit from the communication network, judges whether the message-sending condition where a message is sent when the presence information turns to be a predetermined state is established based on the obtained presence information, and automatically sends via the communication circuit a message previously registered by a user in the memory unit when judged that the message-sending condition is established,

wherein the presence information is provided by manual input from an operation unit of the other communication terminal device by a user of the other communication terminal device.

9. The message automatic notification system according to claim 8, wherein the control circuit obtains the presence information from the other communication terminal device registered in the memory unit only for a period previously registered in the memory unit.

10. The message automatic notification system according to claim 8, further comprising a message sending-condition storing unit that stores the message sending condition, wherein when judged that the message-sending condition is established, the control circuit sends the message via the communication circuit only to a communication terminal device that provides presence information in which the message-sending condition is established, wherein the at least another communication terminal corresponds to N other communication terminals, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to three, wherein the message sending condition corresponds to at least M of the N other communication terminals being on-line at the same time, M being a positive integer greater than or equal to two.

11. The message automatic notification system according to claim 8, wherein when judged that the message-sending condition is established, the control circuit sends the message by e-mail via the communication circuit.

12. The message automatic notification system according to claim 8, wherein when judged that the message-sending condition is established, the control circuit sends the message by an instant message via the communication circuit.

13. The message automatic notification system according to claim 8, wherein the control circuit obtains the presence information from the other communication terminal device registered through a presence server connected to the communication network via the communication circuit.

14. The message automatic notification system according to claim 8, wherein the control circuit includes at least one of a mobile phone, a PHS terminal, a PDA, a personal computer, and a game machine.

15. A message automatic notification method of sending a message via a communication network to at least another communication terminal device registered in a communication terminal device, comprising:

causing a message-sending condition to be registered in the communication terminal device;

obtaining presence information from the other communication terminal device registered in the communication terminal device via the communication network, the presence information being provided by manual input from an operation unit of the other communication terminal device by a user of the other communication terminal device;

judging whether the message-sending condition where a message is sent when the presence information turns to be a predetermined state is established based on the obtained presence information; and

automatically sending a message previously registered by a user in its own communication terminal device when judged that the message sending-condition is established.

16. The message automatic notification method according to claim 15, wherein when obtaining the presence information, the presence information is obtained from the registered other communication terminal device only for a period previously registered.

17. The message automatic notification method according to claim 15, further comprising storing the message sending condition, wherein when sending the message, the message is sent only to a communication terminal device that provides presence information in which the message-sending condition is established,

wherein the presence information is provided by manual input from an operation unit of the at least another communication terminal device by a user of the at least another communication terminal device.

18. The message automatic notification method according to claim 15, wherein when sending the message, the message is sent by e-mail.

19. The message automatic notification method according to claim 15, wherein when sending the message, the message is sent by an instant message.

20. A communication terminal device for sending a message via a communication network to at least one of a plurality of other communication terminal devices registered, comprising:

a sending-condition registering circuit for registering a message-sending condition;

presence information obtaining means for obtaining presence information via the communication network from the other communication terminal device registered, the presence information being provided by manual input from an operation unit of the other communication terminal device by a user of the other communication terminal device;

judging means for judging whether the message-sending condition where a message is sent when the presence information turns to be a predetermined state is established based on the obtained presence information; and

message sending means for automatically sending a message previously registered by a user in its own communication terminal device when judged that the message-sending condition is established.

21. The communication terminal device according to claim 20, wherein the presence information obtaining means obtains the presence information from the registered other communication terminal device only for a period previously registered.

22. The communication terminal device according to claim 20, further comprising a message sending-condition storing unit that stores the message sending condition, wherein the message sending means sends the message only to a communication terminal device that provides presence information in which the message-sending condition is established, wherein the plurality of other communication terminal devices corresponds to N other communication terminal devices, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to three, wherein the message sending condition corresponds to at least M of the N other communication terminals devices being on-line at the same time, M being a positive integer greater than or equal to two.

23. The communication terminal device according to claim 20, wherein the message sending means sends the message by e-mail.

24. The communication terminal device according to claim 20, wherein the message sending means sends the message by an instant message.

25. A communication terminal device for sending a message via a communication network to at least another communication terminal device registered, the communication terminal device comprising:

a control circuit;

a communication circuit; and

a memory unit,

wherein the control circuit causes a message-sending condition to be registered in the memory unit, obtains presence information from the other communication terminal device registered in the memory unit from the communication network via the communication circuit, judges whether the message-sending condition where a message is sent when the presence information turns to be a predetermined state is established based on the obtained presence information, and automatically sends via the communication circuit a message previously registered by a user in the memory unit when judged that the message-sending condition is established,

wherein the presence information is provided by manual input from an operation unit of the other communication terminal device by a user of the other communication terminal device.

26. The communication terminal device according to claim 25, wherein the control circuit obtains the presence information from the other communication terminal device registered in the memory unit only for a period previously registered in the memory unit.

27. The communication terminal device according to claim 25, further comprising a message sending-condition storing unit that stores the message sending condition, wherein the control circuit sends the message only to a communication terminal device that provides presence information in which the message-sending condition is established when judged that the message-sending condition is established, wherein the at least another communication terminal corresponds to N other communication terminals, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to three, wherein the message sending condition corresponds to at least M of the N other communication terminals being on-line at the same time, M being a positive integer greater than or equal to two.

28. The communication terminal device according to claim 25, wherein the control circuit sends the message by e-mail via the communication circuit when judged that the message-sending condition is established.

29. The communication terminal device according to claim 25, wherein the control circuit sends the message by an instant message via the communication circuit when judged that the message-sending condition is established.

30. The communication terminal device according to claim 25, wherein the control circuit obtains the presence information from the other communication terminal device registered from a presence server connected to the communication network via the communication circuit.

31. A recording medium storing a program which includes a processing for causing a computer of a communication terminal device to send a message via a communication network to at least another communication terminal device registered,

wherein the program includes a processing for causing the computer to cause a message-sending condition to be registered in the computer, to obtain presence information from the other communication terminal device registered in the computer via the communication network, to judge whether the message-sending condition where a message is sent when the presence information turns to be a predetermined state is established based on the presence information obtained, and to automatically send a message previously registered in the computer when judged that the message-sending condition is established, wherein the presence information is provided by manual input from an operation unit of the at least another communication terminal device by a user of the at least another communication terminal device.

32. The recording medium according to claim 31, wherein the program further includes a processing for causing the computer to obtain the presence information from the other communication terminal device registered only for a period previously registered when obtaining the presence information.

33. The recording medium according to claim 31, further comprising a processing for storing the message sending condition, wherein the program further includes a processing for causing the computer to send the message only to a communication terminal device that provides presence information in which the sending-condition is established when sending the message,

wherein the presence information is provided by manual input from an operation unit of the at least another communication terminal device by a user of the at least another communication terminal device.

34. The recording medium according to claim 31, wherein the program further includes a processing for causing the computer to send the message by e-mail when sending the message.

35. The recording medium according to claim 31, wherein the program further includes a processing for causing the computer to send the message by an instant message when sending the message.