Communication terminal device, communication method and electronic mail server

• US 7,948,970 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2008
• Issued: 05/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Murata Machinery Limited (Muratec)
• Original Assignee: Murata Machinery Limited (Muratec)
• Inventors: Tanimoto, Yoshifumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Brian D
• Assistant Examiner(s): MAGLO, EMMANUEL K
• Application Number:
  US12/081,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20080200115A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• Field of Search: 370/352, 370/342, 370/392, 370/401, 709/209, 709/230, 379/219
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00209 Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00212 Attaching image data to computer messages, e.g. to e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/333 Mode signalling or mode changing; Handshaking therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/33392 Details of handshaking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0065 Converting image data to a format usable by the connected apparatus or vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33342 of transmission mode

Abstract

A communication terminal device includes a connection establishing unit which establishes a connection by a call control protocol with a destination device designated by an IP telephone number, a communication protocol requesting unit which request a presentation of a plurality of communication protocols which can be supported by the destination device over the connection, a communication protocol selecting unit which selects one communication protocol which the communication terminal device itself can support from the communication protocols presented from the destination device as a response to the request by the communication protocol requesting unit, and a communication unit which communicates with the destination device over the connection by the communication protocol selected by the communication protocol selecting unit.

Claims

1. A communication terminal device comprising:

means for establishing a connection by a call control protocol with a destination device designated by an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone number;

means for determining whether or not the connection has been established;

means for transmitting electronic mail in real-time and directly to the destination device over the connection when the connection is established;

means for transmitting the electronic mail to a mail server when the means for determining determines that the connection failed to be established; and

means for storing an IP telephone number and an electronic mail address by associating with one another;

wherein a prescribed electronic mail address is the electronic mail address stored by the means for storing by being associated with the IP telephone number of the destination device.

2. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising:

means for transmitting an IP telephone number of the communication terminal device by including in a transmission process of the electronic mail.

3. A communication method comprising the steps of:

establishing a connection by a call control protocol with a destination device designated by an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone number;

determining whether or not a connection has been established in the step of establishing;

requesting a presentation of a plurality of communication protocols which the destination device can support over the connection when it has been determined that the connection is established in the step of determining;

selecting one communication protocol which the communication terminal device can support from communication protocols presented from the destination device as a response to the request;

transmitting electronic mail in real-time and directly to the destination device over the established connection by selected communication protocol; and

transmitting electronic mail to a mail server when it is determined in the step of determining that a the connection failed to be established.

4. A communication terminal device comprising:

means for establishing a first connection by a call control protocol with a transmitter device that called the communication terminal device by an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone number;

means for receiving a first electronic mail transmitted in real-time and directly from the transmitter device over the first connection;

means for extracting an IP telephone number from the first electronic mail; and

means for storing the extracted IP telephone number.

5. The communication terminal device according to claim 4, further comprising:

means for extracting an IP telephone number from the first electronic mail;

means for establishing a second connection with the transmitter device designated by the extracted IP telephone number; and

means for transmitting a second electronic mail of a reception confirmation for the first electronic mail received over the second connection in real-time and directly.

6. A communication method comprising the steps of:

establishing a first connection by a call control protocol with a transmitter device that called a communication terminal device;

receiving a first electronic mail transmitted in real-time and directly from the transmitter device over the first connection;

extracting an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone number from the first electronic mail received in the step of receiving;

establishing a second connection by the call control protocol with the transmitter device that the communication terminal device calls by the extracted IP telephone number; and

transmitting to the transmitter device over the second connection, a second electronic mail of a reception confirmation for the first electronic mail in real-time and directly.

7. An electronic mail server comprising:

means for establishing a connection by a call control protocol with a destination device designated by an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone number;

means for transmitting electronic mail in real-time and directly over the connection and designating a destination device by the IP telephone number when receiving electronic mail to be forwarded;

means for determining whether or not the connection has been established; and

means for transmitting the electronic mail to a destination mail server when the means for determining determines that the connection fails to be established.

8. The electronic mail server according to claim 7, wherein the IP telephone number is included in the received electronic mail.

9. The electronic mail server according to claim 7, further comprising:

means for receiving the electronic mail from a mail client with a specific information included in communication information of the received electronic mail or electronic mail information;

means for storing a specific information and in IP telephone number by associating with one another as a table; and

means for deciding the IP telephone number corresponding the specific information with the table.

10. A communication method comprising the steps of:

receiving an electronic mail from a mail client including with a specific information included in communication information of the received electronic mail or electronic mail information;

deciding an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone number corresponding the specific information;

establishing a connection by a call control protocol by designating a destination device by the Internet Protocol (IP) telephone number; and

transmitting the received electronic mail received in real-time and directly over the established connection.