Data transmission/reception apparatus and computer program...

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer conferencing – Demand based messaging

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C709S201000, C379S088060

Reexamination Certificate

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06230187

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a data transmission/reception apparatus which performs data transmission/reception and a computer program product which includes a storage medium and programs stored therein for working a computer as such a data transmission/reception apparatus.
2. Description of the Related Art
Of late, mobile terminals have become utilized as small-sized, portable information equipment having a user schedule management function, a text editor function, etc. Such mobile terminals are capable of storing various data created by users.
Some mobile terminals can be connected to PHS (Personal Handy Phone System) telephones or can function as PHS telephones themselves, while some mobile terminals can be connected to digital cameras or can function as digital cameras themselves.
Generally speaking, a mobile terminal of the above-described type has a poor data storage capacity and is therefore not capable of storing a large amount of data. Due to this, its user has to expend great care to the remaining storage capacity when storing downloaded information or image data photographed by a digital camera. When the remaining storage capacity is not sufficient to store such information or image data, the user has to delete any other data. In the case where data stored in the mobile terminal cannot be deleted because the user intends to reuse the data later, he/she cannot store new data in the mobile terminal.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is accordingly an object of the present invention to permit the user of equipment such as a mobile terminal or the like which has only a limited storage capacity to create data without having to expend great care to the remaining storage capacity.
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data transmission/reception apparatus which receives data transmitted from senders via a network and stores the received data, the apparatus comprising:
transmission/reception means for transmitting and receiving data through the network;
sender discriminating means for discriminating a sender when the transmission/reception means receives data or when the transmission/reception means receives a data transmission request;
data storage means for, when the transmission/reception means receives data, classifying the received data by sender in accordance with the result of the discrimination performed by the sender discriminating means, and storing the classified data;
destination registering means for storing, as pre-registered transmission destinations associated with the senders, destinations to which the data stored in the data storage means can be sent;
requester determining means for, when the transmission/reception means receives a data transmission request, determining whether a requester which has sent the data transmission request is a pre-registered transmission destination, with reference to the transmission destination registering means in accordance with the result of the discrimination performed by the sender discriminating means; and
transmission control means for causing the data transmission/reception means to send data, received from one of the senders which is associated with the requester and stored in the data storage means, to the requester when the requester determining means determines that the requester is a pre-registered destination.
According to the present invention, the user of equipment such as a mobile terminal or the like which has only a limited data storage capacity can utilize the data transmission/reception apparatus as a place for temporarily preserving data. This permits the user to perform the creation of data, etc. without having to expend great care to the remaining storage capacity of the equipment. When the user downloads the data later, moreover, he/she can understand where the data has been created, because the data transmission/reception apparatus automatically affixes a sender's location name (site, address, facility name, etc.) to the data. Furthermore, since the user of the equipment such as a mobile terminal or the like which has only a limited storage capacity can utilize a predetermined apparatus as a place for temporarily preserving data, he/she can perform photographing, etc. without having to expend great care to the remaining storage capacity of the equipment. In addition, it is also unnecessary for the user to designate the transmission destination of photographed image data each time he/she sends it. Therefore, the user can send the data with an easy operation.


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