Method and apparatus for controllable communication
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- first-determination means for determining whether any member on a list of addresses is included in a request;
second-determination means, responsive to a first-negative-determination, for determining whether a condition is satisfied;
means, responsive to a second-positive-determination that said condition is satisfied, for causing a control action; and
means, responsive to a second-negative-determination that said condition is not satisfied, for causing a limitation action;
said list of addresses comprising at least one address;
said request being information that is received before a purpose of a source of said request is achieved;
said first-negative-determination being a determination that each member on said list is not included in said request;
said control action being an action of performing use of a resource for achieving said purpose;
said limitation action being an action of limiting said use; and
said limitation action comprising an action of sending return information to said source for achieving said purpose.
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Abstract
Communication and a communications apparatus are controlled with a communication intermediating apparatus. Multiple methods of processing communication requests are provided. Decided rules comprising of pairs of identification information of communication requests and methods of processing are recorded beforehand. When a communication request is received, the identification of the communication request is distinguished, an applying rule is picked from the recorded rules, and the communication request is processed. A virtual account to be set maximum payment amount beforehand is used, and electronic transactions communication is done.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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first-determination means for determining whether any member on a list of addresses is included in a request; second-determination means, responsive to a first-negative-determination, for determining whether a condition is satisfied; means, responsive to a second-positive-determination that said condition is satisfied, for causing a control action; and means, responsive to a second-negative-determination that said condition is not satisfied, for causing a limitation action; said list of addresses comprising at least one address; said request being information that is received before a purpose of a source of said request is achieved; said first-negative-determination being a determination that each member on said list is not included in said request; said control action being an action of performing use of a resource for achieving said purpose; said limitation action being an action of limiting said use; and said limitation action comprising an action of sending return information to said source for achieving said purpose. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140)
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47. An apparatus comprising:
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determination means for determining whether any member on a list of identification information is included in a request; means, responsive to a positive determination, for causing a control action; and means for causing a limitation action; said list of identification information comprising at least one identification information; said request being information that is received before a purpose of a source of said request is achieved; said identification information being an original information that can be determined by a user; said positive determination being a determination that any member on said list is included in said request; said control action being an action of performing use of a resource for achieving said purpose; said limitation action comprising a notification, said notification being a ringing sound; and said control action comprising inhibiting said notification. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A method comprising the steps of:
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determining whether any member on a list of addresses is included in a request; responsive to a first-negative-determination, determining whether a condition is satisfied; responsive to a second-positive-determination that said condition is satisfied, causing a control action; and responsive to a second-negative-determination that said condition is not satisfied, causing a limitation action; said list of addresses comprising at least one address; said request being information that is received before a purpose of a source of said request is achieved; said first-negative-determination being a determination that each member on said list is not included in said request; said control action being an action of performing use of a resource for achieving said purpose; said limitation action being an action of limiting said use; and said limitation action comprising an action of sending return information to said source for achieving said purpose. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106)
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107. A method comprising the steps of:
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determining whether any member on a list of identification information is included in a request; responsive to a positive determination, causing a control action; and causing a limitation action; said list of identification information comprising at least one identification information; said request being information that is received before a purpose of a source of said request is achieved; said identification information being an original information that can be determined by a user; said positive determination being a determination that any member iR on said list is included in said request; said control action being an action of performing use of a resource for achieving said purpose; said limitation action comprising a notification, said notification being a ringing sound; and said control action comprising inhibiting said notification. - View Dependent Claims (108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120)
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