Communication device

Details Communication device Communication device

1999-03-08

2001-06-26

Kuntz, Curtis (Department: 2743)

Telephonic communications

Telephone line or system combined with diverse electrical...

To produce visual-graphic copy

C379S201060, C379S355020

Reexamination Certificate

active

06252949

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a communication device provided with an automatic recall facility.
Conventional communication devices such as telephone terminals and facsimile apparatuses are provided with an automatic recall function whereby an attempt to establish a call with a distant called terminal being busy or not responding is automatically repeated at certain intervals until the called terminal responds or by the specified number of attempts.
The above conventional devices, however, involve the following problems:
A user has to conduct a specified procedure on the device to stop the automatic recall driven in consequence of no answer having been received from a called designated terminal. On the other hand, it may happen that a communication device drives the automatic recall function to establish a call with a distant party designated to be recalled and a call from the same party is received in a pause after an attempt and the necessary communication with the designated party is completed. In this case, the user must recognize the need of canceling the recall function and conduct a predetermined procedure of stopping the recall function immediately after termination of the communication with the party. Otherwise, the party may be called again for the finished business by the automatic recall function. This recall is unpleasant for the called distant party.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide a communication device that can cancel the automatic recall function anytime when it becomes unnecessary to use, not requiring the user to do any complicated operation.
An another object of the present invention is to provide a communication device, which has an automatic recall function for repeatedly calling a designated distant terminal by automatically redialing a designated telephone number until the terminal responds to the call, which is further provided with a receiving means for receiving a telephone number of a calling party when a call from said calling party incomes over a communication line, an announcing means for giving a specified notification when the calling party's telephone number received by the receiving means is identified with the designated telephone number of the distant terminal to be repeatedly called by the automatic recall function being alive, and a control means for canceling the automatic recall function in response to a stop command input during the notification being given by the announcing means.
The communication device according to the above mentioned invention can receive a call from a distant party while an automatic recall function is alive for recalling a designated party, generates specified information by an announcing means when the received telephone number of the calling party is identified with that of the party designated to be recalled, and stop the automatic recall function by the control means when a stop command is given during the announcement. This device can thus notify a user of provably having the need to cancel; the automatic recall function when he or she conducts communication with a calling party whose telephone number corresponds to that of the party designated to be recalled.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication device, which has an automatic recall function for repeatedly calling a designated distant terminal by automatically redialing a designated telephone number at specified intervals until the distant terminal responds to the call, which is further provided with a receiving means for receiving a telephone number of a calling party when a call from said party incomes over a communication line, and a control means for canceling the automatic recall function when the calling party's telephone number received by the receiving means is identified with the designated telephone number of the distant terminal to be repeatedly called by the automatic recall function being alive.
The communication device according to the above mentioned invention receives a call from a party while an automatic recall function is alive for recalling a designated distant party and can stop the recall function by the control means if the calling telephone number received by the receiving means is identified with that of the party designated to be recalled. This device can thus automatically cancel the recall facility if a user conducts communication with a calling party whose telephone number is the number of the party designated to be recalled and accomplish the necessary business with the party, making it unnecessary to further call the party.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication device, which includes at least an image communication facility for transmitting/receiving image data and a speech communication facility for transmitting/receiving speech data and in which the control means causes the automatic recall function to be kept alive when the calling party's telephone number received by the receiving means is identified with the designated telephone number of the distant terminal to be repeatedly called by the automatic recall function being alive, and a method of communication originated with the call from the calling party differs a method of communication requested by the automatic recall function being in use.
The communication device according to the above mentioned invention can receive a call from a party while the automatic recall function is alive for recalling a designated distant party and can cause the control means to keep the recall function alive if the calling telephone number received by the receiving means is identified with that of the designated party but the communication method requested by the recall function differs from the current communication method. This device can thus cause the automatic recall function to continue calling attempts if the user conducts communication with a calling party whose telephone number is the number of the party designated to be recalled but cannot accomplish the necessary communication utilizing the current communication with the party.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a communication device, in which the control means cancels the automatic recall function when the calling party's telephone number received by the receiving means is identified with the designated telephone number of the distant terminal to be called by the automatic recall function being alive and a method of communication originated with the call from the calling party differs from a communication method requested by the automatic recall function being alive, and communication by a method requested by the automatic recall function is allowed to interrupt communication being conducted with the calling terminal.
The communication device according to the above mentioned invention can automatically cancel the automatic recall function when it received a call from a distant communication device whose telephone number corresponds to that of a distant terminal to be recalled by the recall function and the communication method requested by the received call differs from the communication method requested by the automatic recall function, but the latter communication could be conducted by interrupting the communication with the distant device, thus eliminating the need to do further calling the distant party.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a communication device, which includes at least an image communication facility for transmitting/receiving image data and a speech communication facility for transmitting/receiving speech data and in which the control means causes the communication by a method requested by the automatic recall function to interrupt in the communication originated by the call from the calling party and then cancels the automatic recall function when the calling party's telephone number received by the receiving means is identified with the designated telephone number of the distant terminal to be

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