EP0474555A2
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Multi-media communication apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1991-09-04
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-09-04
Abstract
Abstract A multi-media communication apparatus (1) for communicating with a communication partner by using various kinds of media including image (8), voice (3) and data (5). The communication apparatus has a memory (104) for storing information on a communication on each medium, and forms and outputs (11) a report for communication management from information on each communication. The communication management report can be formed manually or automatically and contains communication history along with images for identification of communication partners.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshito c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Maekawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 11:17
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M15/00; H04M15/44; H04M1/00; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/274; H04M1/2745; H04M1/27467; H04M1/27475; H04M1/57; H04M1/575; H04M1/576; H04M15/58; H04M15/68; H04M3/00; H04M3/22; H04M3/36; H04Q; H04Q11/00; H04Q11/04; H04Q11/0428; H04Q11/0435; H04Q11/0471; H04M2215/00; H04M2215/01; H04M2215/0104; H04M2215/0188; H04M2215/0196; H04M2250/00; H04M2250/60; H04Q2213/00; H04Q2213/091; H04Q2213/103; H04Q2213/13; H04Q2213/13096; H04Q2213/13103; H04Q2213/13106; H04Q2213/13174; H04Q2213/13176; H04Q2213/13204; H04Q2213/13209; H04Q2213/13248; H04Q2213/13337; H04Q2213/171; H04Q2213/332; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S379/00; Y10S379/908
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
68 words
A multi-media communication apparatus comprising: communication means for communicating with a partner's apparatus by using a different categories of data on a plurality of kinds of media; memory means for storing information on a communication which information is generated when the communication is performed by said communication means; and output means for visually outputting, as a communication report, the information on the communication stored by said memory means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
27 words
A multi-media communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said communication means effects a communication with the partner's apparatus by using voice, an image and code data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
A multi-media communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising edition means for editing the information on the communication stored by said memory means, said outputting means outputting the information edited by said edition means as a communication report.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A multi-media communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said edition means edits the information on communication on each medium used by said communication means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A multi-media communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said edition means edits information on one of the media used by said communication means during one communication.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
A multi-media communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising designation means for designating outputting of a communication report, said output means outputting a communication report in accordance with the designation from said designation means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
A multi-media communication apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said edition means edits a communication management report by using, as a parameter, at least one of the media which can be used for communication by said communication means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
58 words
A multi-media communication apparatus comprising: communication means for effecting a communication on each of kinds of media including image, voice and data; memory means for storing information on each communication; formation means for forming a communication management report from the information on each communication; and output means for outputting the communication management report formed by said formation means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
A multi-media communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said memory means stores information on the medium for each communication, and said formation means forms a communication management report based on the information on the medium for each communication.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
A multi-media communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said output means outputs a communication management report by using, as a parameter, each of the kinds of media including image, voice and data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
82 words
A multi-media communication apparatus comprising: communication means for a communication with a partner's communication apparatus on each of kinds of media including image, voice and data; memory means for storing an image sent from the partner's communication apparatus and information on each communication; formation means for forming a communication management report containing an image from the image and the information on each communication stored by said memory means; and output means for outputting the communication management report formed by said formation means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
35 words
A multi-media communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising time monitoring means for automatically storing the image to be contained in a communication management report, and first operation means for manually storing the image.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
68 words
A multi-media communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said memory means includes a first memory section for storing the image sent from the partner's communication apparatus, and a second memory section for storing information on communication with the partner's communication apparatus, and said formation means forms a communication management report by combining the image from said first memory section and the information from said second memory section.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
53 words
A multi-media communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising communication number management means for automatically forming and outputting a communication management report when information on a predetermined number of communications and relating images are stored by said memory means, and second operation means for manually forming and outputting a communication management report.
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