Communication device, communication system and computer readable medium

• US 9,380,151 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2013
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Yui, Takaaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Joseph T
• Application Number:
  US13/923,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20140023187A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/654 Pre, in or post-call message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0042 where the data service is a text-based messaging service H04M7/0054 takes precedence

Abstract

A communication device, including a receiver specification section which specifies a receiving communication device; a control section which transmits, to the receiving communication device specified by the receiver specification section, call request information used for outputting a call request notification and deleting the call request notification after a predetermined time period; a time period setting section which sets a time period during when the call request notification is output by the receiving communication device; a message setting section which sets a call request message; and a cancel instruction section which inputs a cancel instruction of the call request notification.

Claims

1. A communication device, comprising:

a receiver specification section which specifies a receiving communication device; and

a control section which transmits, to the receiving communication device specified by the receiver specification section, call request information which controls the specified receiving communication device to display a call request notification including a message and to delete the displayed call request notification after a predetermined time period,

wherein;

the message is a predetermined call request message,

the receiver specification section specifies a plurality of communication devices as receiving communication devices,

the control section transmits the call request information to the plurality of the receiving communication devices specified by the receiver specification section, and

when a call is received from any of the plurality of the communication devices to which the call request information is transmitted, the control section transmits cancel information which instructs canceling of the call request notification to the other receiving communication devices to which the call request information is transmitted.

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

a time period setting section which sets a time period during which the call request notification is displayed by the receiving communication devices.

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

a message setting section which sets the predetermined call request message.

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

a cancel instruction section which inputs a cancel instruction of the call request notification,

wherein when the cancel instruction is input by the cancel instruction section, the control section transmits cancel information which instructs canceling of the call request notification to the receiving communication devices to which the call request information is transmitted.

5. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is a telephone.

6. A communication system, comprising:

a plurality of communication devices which are connected to each other via a communication network,

wherein a first communication device among the plurality of the communication devices includes;

a receiver specification section which specifies a second communication device among the plurality of communication devices as a receiving communication device; and

a call request transmitting section which transmits, to the second communication device specified by the receiver specification section, call request information which controls the specified second communication device to display a call request notification including a message and to delete the displayed call request notification after a predetermined time period,

wherein;

the message is a predetermined call request message,

the second communication device includes an output section which, when the call request information is received from the first communication device, displays the call request notification and deletes the displayed call request notification after the predetermined time period,

the receiver specification section specifies a plurality of the second communication devices as receiving communication devices,

the call request transmitting section transmits the call request information to the plurality of the second communication devices specified by the receiver specification section, and

when a call is received from any of the plurality of the second communication devices, the call request transmitting section transmits cancel information which instructs canceling of the call request notification to the other second communication devices.

7. The communication system according to claim 6, wherein:

the first communication device includes a time period setting section which sets an output time period of the call request notification,

the call request transmitting section transmits information that instructs the output time period set by the time period setting section together with the call request information to the specified second communication devices, and

when the information that instructs the output time period is received together with the call request information from the first communication device, the output section displays the call request notification for the instructed output time period.

8. The communication system according to claim 6, wherein:

the first communication device includes a message setting section which sets the predetermined call request message,

the call request transmitting section transmits information indicating the predetermined call request message set by the message setting section together with the call request information to the specified second communication devices, and

when the information indicating the predetermined call request message is received together with the call request information from the first communication device, the output section displays the predetermined call request message based on the received information indicating the predetermined call request message.

9. The communication system according to claim 6,

wherein the first communication device includes:

a cancel instruction section which inputs a cancel instruction of the call request notification; and

a cancel information transmitting section which transmits cancel information which instructs canceling of the call request notification to the specified second communication devices when the cancel instruction is input by the cancel instruction section, and

wherein the output section stops displaying the call request notification when the cancel information is received from the first communication device.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program that is executable by a computer of a communication device to cause the computer to execute functions comprising:

specifying a receiving communication device; and

performing control to transmit, to the specified receiving communication device, call request information which controls the specified receiving communication device to display a call request notification including a message and to delete the displayed call request notification after a predetermined time period,

wherein the message is a predetermined call request message,

wherein, in the specifying, a plurality of second communication devices are specified as receiving communication devices,

wherein in the performing of the control, the call request information is transmitted to the plurality of the second communication devices specified in the specifying, and

wherein, in the performing of the control, when a call is received from any of the plurality of the second communication devices, cancel information which instructs canceling of the call request notification is transmitted to the other second communication devices.