Communication apparatus and computer program

• US 20070083651A1
• Filed: 09/28/2006
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishida, Maiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,200,808 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1097 Task assignment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/963 Calendar or scheduling

Abstract

A communication apparatus includes history information storing means for storing history information on communication; displaying means for displaying a calendar; means for classifying the history information on the communication of each day into a plurality of patterns; and image storing means for storing beforehand images corresponding to the plurality of patterns, wherein the displaying means displays an image corresponding to a pattern corresponding to the history information on the communication of each day, in correspondence with each day of the calendar, when the calendar is displayed.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

history information storing means for storing history information on communication;

displaying means for displaying a calendar;

means for classifying said history information on said communication of each day into a plurality of patterns; and

image storing means for storing beforehand images corresponding to said plurality of patterns,

wherein said displaying means displays an image corresponding to a pattern corresponding to said history information on said communication of each day, in correspondence with each day of the calendar, when said calendar is displayed.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said communication is an electronic mail or a phone, said history information is the number of receptions, and said history information is classified into said plurality of patterns in accordance with whether the number of receptions of each day is large or small.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said displaying means displays, for a day having a predetermined ratio or more of receptions from a same sender among a plurality of receptions, an image representative of that said predetermined ratio or more of receptions is from the same sender, in place of the images corresponding to said plurality of patterns.

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

means for storing an address book for registering information on a communication partner,

wherein said displaying means displays, for a day having a predetermined ratio or more of receptions from said same sender among a plurality of receptions, an image representative of said same sender in a display area different from a display area for said calendar, if said image representative of said same sender is already registered in said address book.

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

designating means for designating an arbitrary day in said calendar,

wherein said displaying means displays additional information corresponding to a designated day in an area different from a display area for said calendar.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said communication is an electronic mail, and if there is a protective mail which is a mail inhibited to be erased, among mails received in a day, said displaying means displays an image corresponding to said protective mail in correspondence with the day, in place of the images corresponding to said plurality of patterns.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said displaying means displays contents of said protective mail in an area different from a display area for said calendar.

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

statistic information extracting means for extracting statistic information from said history information,

wherein separately from said calendar display, said displaying means conducts a graph display of displaying a change in at least one of the number of transmissions and the number of receptions during a predetermined period, in accordance with information obtained by said statistic information extracting means.

9. A method for displaying a calendar on a communication apparatus, comprising the steps of:

storing history information on communication each time said communication is performed;

classifying said history information on said communication of each day into a plurality of patterns;

displaying said calendar; and

referring to images stored beforehand in correspondence with said plurality of patterns, and displaying an image corresponding to a pattern corresponding to said history information on said communication of each day, in correspondence with each day of the calendar, when said calendar is displayed.

10. A computer program for causing a computer to make a display of a calendar on a communication apparatus, the computer program comprising the steps of:

storing history information on communication each time said communication is performed;

classifying said history information on said communication of each day into a plurality of patterns;

displaying said calendar; and

referring to images stored beforehand in correspondence with said plurality of patterns, and displaying an image corresponding to a pattern corresponding to said history information on said communication of each day, in correspondence with each day of the calendar, when said calendar is displayed.

11. A communication apparatus comprising:

a history information storage configured to store history information on communication;

a display configured to display a calendar;

a classifying unit configured to classify said history information on said communication of each day into a plurality of patterns; and

an image storage configured to store beforehand images corresponding to said plurality of patterns,

wherein said display displays an image corresponding to a pattern corresponding to said history information on said communication of each day, in correspondence with each day of the calendar, when said calendar is displayed.