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Communications control system, communications control method, service control station, and communications control station

US6907240B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 2, 2002
Grant dateJun 14, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 11, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W4/16
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communications control system controls communications conducted between a first communications apparatus for transmitting data and a second communications apparatus for receiving the data. The system includes a store for storing a plurality of communications methods specified by a second user as a user of the second communications apparatus in association with presence information showing the current status of the second user; a selector for selecting a given communications method desired by a first user as a user of the first communications apparatus from among the plurality of communications methods associated with the presence information; and a communications method executor for executing the given communications method for communications between the first communications apparatus and the second communications apparatus, according to a notification that execution is possible for the given communications method selected by the selector.

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