Information communication apparatus and message displaying method

• US 7,881,700 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2006
• Issued: 02/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Nishimura, Yoshimasa, Ichinose, Akihiro, Nagai, Ai, Asano, Koichi, Seung, Hyunsuk
• Primary Examiner(s): Gary; Erika A
• Application Number:
  US11/794,482
• Publication Number:
  US 20090280778A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,589 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

A cell phone 1 is characterized by having a problem determination storage 3 for storing problem finding information for determining whether there is a problem in received data received by a radio communicator 2, in correspondence to a fixed message, and for storing an arbitrary message available for arbitrary correspondence to the problem finding information; an arbitrary message determination processor 5 for determining whether an arbitrary message is stored in correspondence to the problem finding information in the problem determination storage 3, when it is determined that there is a problem in the received data; and an operation controller 6 for displaying the arbitrary message when the arbitrary message determination processor 5 determines that the arbitrary message is stored, and for displaying the fixed message stored in the problem determination storage 3, when it is determined that no arbitrary message is stored.

Claims

1. An information communication apparatus comprising:

a problem pattern storing module configured to store a problem pattern table, the problem pattern table being updatable, the problem pattern table storing

problem finding information to determine whether or not there is a problem in received data received via a network,

one of a plurality of problem levels classified according to levels of importance of the problem finding information, and

an arbitrary message in correspondence to the problem finding information;

a problem level storing module configured to store a problem level table, the problem level table not being updatable, the problem level table storing

problem levels corresponding to the problem levels stored in the problem pattern table, and

fixed messages that have to be notified to users according to the problem levels;

an originator information storing module configured to store originator information contained in the received data, the originator information being information permitting confirmation of security of the received data;

a communication processing module configured to

access a problem pattern update delivery server via the network, and

download, from the problem pattern update delivery server, update data to update the problem pattern table;

an update processing module configured to update the problem pattern table based on the update data downloaded from the problem pattern update delivery server;

a problem determination processing module configured to

determine whether or not there is a problem in the received data based on the problem finding information in the problem pattern table, and

to determine, when the originator information in the received data matches originator information stored in the originator information storing module, that there is no problem in the received data;

an arbitrary message determining module configured to determine, when the problem determination processing module determines that there is a problem in the received data based on the problem finding information, whether or not an arbitrary message corresponding to the problem finding information is stored in the problem pattern table; and

a display controlling module configured to

output the arbitrary message to a display module to display the arbitrary message on the display module when the arbitrary message determining module determines that the arbitrary message corresponding to the problem finding information is stored, and

acquire, from the problem level table, when the arbitrary message determining module determines that the arbitrary message corresponding to the problem finding information is not stored, a fixed message stored in correspondence to the problem level that corresponds to the problem finding information in the problem pattern table, and output the acquired fixed message to the display module to display the fixed message on the display module.

2. The information communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the arbitrary message is displayed on the display module, the display controlling module

determines whether the arbitrary message contains embedded information,

replaces the embedded information in the arbitrary message with information pertinent to the embedded information in the received data when the arbitrary message contains embedded information, and

displays the arbitrary message on the display module after the embedded information in the arbitrary message is replaced.

3. The information communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an action controlling module configured to perform, when a problem is identified in the received data based on the problem finding information, an operation process according to the problem level stored in correspondence to the problem finding information.

4. A message displaying method performed by an information communication apparatus, the message displaying method comprising:

storing, at a problem pattern storing module, a problem pattern table, the problem pattern table being updatable, the problem pattern table storing

problem finding information to determine whether or not there is a problem in received data received via a network,

one of a plurality of problem levels classified according to levels of importance of the problem finding information, and

an arbitrary message in correspondence to the problem finding information;

storing, at a problem level storing module, a problem level table, the problem level table not being updatable, the problem level table storing

problem levels corresponding to the problem levels stored in the problem pattern table, and

fixed messages that have to be notified to users according to the problem levels;

storing, at an originator information storing module, originator information contained in the received data, the originator information being information permitting confirmation of security of the received data;

accessing a problem pattern update delivery server via the network;

downloading, from the problem pattern update delivery server, update data to update the problem pattern table;

updating the problem pattern table based on the update data downloaded from the problem pattern update delivery server;

determining whether or not there is a problem in the received data based on the problem finding information in the problem pattern table;

determining, when the originator information in the received data matches originator information stored in the originator information storing module, that there is no problem in the received data;

determining, when it is determined that there is a problem in the received data based on the problem finding information, whether or not an arbitrary message corresponding to the problem finding information is stored in the problem pattern table;

outputting the arbitrary message to a display module to display the arbitrary message on the display module when it is determined that the arbitrary message corresponding to the problem finding information is stored; and

acquiring, from the problem level table, when it is determined that the arbitrary message corresponding to the problem finding information is not stored, a fixed message stored in correspondence to the problem level that corresponds to the problem finding information in the problem pattern table, and outputting the acquired fixed message to the display module to display the fixed message on the display module.

5. The message displaying method according to claim 4, further comprising:

determining, upon display of the arbitrary message, whether the arbitrary message contains embedded information,

replacing, when the arbitrary message contains the embedded information, the embedded information in the arbitrary message with information pertinent to the embedded information in the received data, and

displaying the arbitrary message after the embedded information is replaced.