Patent
1992-02-11
1994-05-24
Richardson, Robert L.
G06F 1300
Patent
active
053157052
ABSTRACT:
An address management system which is integrally compatible to an plurality of communication services and a plurality of communication application programs, and a communication terminal which utilizes such an address management system are disclosed. The address management system comprises type of communication service table and address management table which stores a number of identification information of communication destinations and types of communication services available to the communication destinations and associated communication addresses, a request acceptance unit for accepting a communication address inquiry request command, a type of communication service discrimination unit which discriminates a type of communication service which the communication application program of the communication address inquiry requestor uses, a communication address retrieval unit which searches the address management table to retrieve a communication address in accordance with identification information of the communication address inquiry request and the discriminated type of communication service, and a response unit which sends the retrieved communication address back to the communication address inquiry requestor. A proper communication address can be obtained by merely designating the terminal name of the destination terminal by the communication application program without identifying the type of communication service.
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Iwami Naoko
Matsui Susumu
Saito Toru
Hitachi , Ltd.
Richardson Robert L.
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