Display method of multiple types of incoming-call histories

• US 20050141686A1
• Filed: 06/07/2004
• Published: 06/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Matsunaga, Keigo, Izumi, Kenichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,280,648 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/142.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

A terminal apparatus is provided that has a display unit; communication means which makes communication with other apparatuses and enables reception of multiple types of incoming calls; and a control unit which controls display contents on the display unit. The control unit displays, as incoming-call displays on the display unit, types and caller information of unanswered incoming calls out of the incoming calls through the communication means such that order of the unanswered incoming calls can be comprehended.

Claims

1. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

communication means which makes communication with other apparatuses and enables reception of multiple types of incoming calls; and

a control unit which controls display contents on the display unit, wherein

the control unit displays, as incoming-call displays on the display unit, types and caller information of unanswered incoming calls out of the incoming calls through the communication means such that order of the unanswered incoming calls can be comprehended.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit provides the incoming-call displays in the order of occurrence of the unanswered incoming calls so that the order of occurrence of the unanswered incoming calls can be comprehended.

3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit displays, on the display unit, numbers indicative of the order of occurrence of the unanswered incoming calls as the incoming-call displays so that the order of occurrence of the unanswered incoming calls can be comprehended.

4. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

memory means in which conditions for determining the orders of priority of the incoming calls are stored for each the order of the priority, wherein

the control unit further displays the orders of the priority of the unanswered incoming calls.

5. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the displayed type of the incoming call shows that there is at least any one of an unanswered telephone call, an unopened e-mail, an unidentified answering-machine message and an unidentified facsimile document.

6. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the caller information includes any one of a caller'"'"'s telephone number, a sender'"'"'s e-mail address and a name for identifying a caller or a sender.