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Communication address management system

US5315705A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 11, 1992
Grant dateMay 24, 1994
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2101/38
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

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 communicat…

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