Communication device
US6567508B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 5, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2203/4536
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When a telephone call is received via an internal line, an information control/storage device transmits an electronic mail to a terminal device via an information line. The electronic mail includes information about the caller of the telephone call. When a user of the internal line cannot respond to a telephone call, an electronic mail is transmitted to a user designated as a substitute answerer. In this case, the electronic mail includes information indicating the user to whom the telephone call is originally addressed. After completion of the response to the telephone call, the substitute answerer transmits a message by an electronic mail to a terminal device of the user to whom the telephone call was originally addressed.
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