Communication apparatus and method of displaying received e-mail in communication apparatus

• US 8,265,670 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2010
• Issued: 09/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 (IP Bridge, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Yasuda, Chikara, Tsubouchi, Masatoshi, Toyokura, Akemi
• Primary Examiner(s): Doan, Kiet
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vu, Michael T
• Application Number:
  US12/684,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20100178946A1
• Time in Patent Office: 977 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/412, 455414-419, 455/413, 455/550, 455/425
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0216 Foldable in one direction, i.e. using a one degree of freedom hinge
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/236 including keys on side or rear faces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

A communication apparatus includes: an e-mail creating unit configured to create the e-mail with specifying an e-mail address of a destination; an e-mail transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit/receive the e-mail; a display unit provided with a received mail display area for displaying received e-mail set if necessary and a created mail display area for displaying an e-mail being created; and a control unit configured to set the received mail display area and display the received e-mail if the e-mail is received during creating the e-mail and the e-mail address of a sender of the received e-mail matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

an e-mail creating unit configured to create the e-mail with specifying an e-mail address of a destination;

an e-mail transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit/receive the e-mail;

a display unit provided with a received mail display area for displaying a received e-mail set if necessary and a created mail display area for displaying an e-mail being created; and

a control unit configured to set the received mail display area and display the received e-mail if the e-mail is received during creating the e-mail and the e-mail address of a sender of the received e-mail matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created,

wherein the control unit displays one received e-mail among a plurality of the received e-mails on the received mail display area if the e-mail address of the sender of a plurality of the received e-mails matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created in the case where the plurality of e-mails are received during creating the e-mail, and

wherein the control unit displays one received e-mail among the plurality of received e-mails on the received mail display area by switching the received e-mail at a predetermine time interval.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays the latest received e-mail among the plurality of the received e-mails on the received mail display area.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays one received e-mail among the plurality of the received e-mails on the received mail display area by switching the received e-mail on the basis of a accepted predetermined input operation.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the displaying unit provided with a already received mail display area for displaying at least one e-mail selected from already received e-mails with the created mail display area during creating the e-mail; and

the control unit sets the received e-mail display area in place of the already received mail display area and displays the received e-mail if the e-mail address of the sender of the received e-mails matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created includes the e-mail address specified by Cc and Bcc.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication apparatus is a mobile phone.

7. A communication apparatus comprising:

an e-mail creating unit configured to create the e-mail with specifying an e-mail address of a destination while quoting at least a part of a already received mail as the email already received;

an e-mail transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit/receive the e-mail;

a display unit configured to display the e-mail being created; and

a control unit configured to replace or add the already received mail quoted in the e-mail being created with or to the received e-mail if the e-mail is received during creating the e-mail and the e-mail address of a sender of the received e-mail matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created,

wherein the control unit replaces the already received e-mail quoted in the e-mail being created with the received e-mail or adds the received e-mail to the already received e-mail quoted in the e-mail being created if the e-mail address of a sender of the received e-mail matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created, and

wherein the control unit displays one received e-mail among the plurality of received e-mails on the received mail display area by switching the received e-mail at a predetermine time interval.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the communication apparatus is a mobile phone.

9. A method of displaying a received e-mail in a communication apparatus, comprising:

preparing a communication apparatus including an e-mail creating unit configured to create the e-mail with specifying an e-mail address of a destination, an e-mail transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit/receive the e-mail, and a display unit provided with a received mail display area for displaying a received e-mail set if necessary and a created mail display area for displaying an e-mail being created; and

setting the received mail display area and displaying the received e-mail if the e-mail is received during creating the e-mail and the e-mail address of a sender of the received email matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created,

wherein the step displaying comprises;

displaying one received e-mail among a plurality of the received e-mails on the received mail display area if the e-mail address of the sender of a plurality of the received e-mails matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created in the case where the plurality of emails are received during creating the e-mail, and

wherein the control unit displays one received e-mail among the plurality of received e-mails on the received mail display area by switching the received e-mail at a predetermine time interval.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of displaying comprises:

displaying the latest e-mail among the plurality of the received e-mails on the received mail display area.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of displaying comprises:

displaying one received e-mail among the plurality of received e-mails on the received mail display area by switching the received e-mail at a predetermine time interval.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of displaying comprises:

displaying one received e-mail among the plurality of the received e-mails on the received mail display area by switching the received e-mail on the basis of a accepted predetermined input operation.

13. The communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:

the displaying unit provided with a already received mail display area for displaying at least one e-mail selected from already received e-mails with the created mail display area during creating the e-mail; and

the step of setting and displaying comprises;

setting the received e-mail display area in place of the already received mail display area and displaying the received e-mail if the email address of the sender of the received e-mails matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created includes the e-mail address specified by Cc and Bcc.