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Telephone device with mail function, method of initiating mail, and program

US8582747B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 11, 2008
Grant dateNov 12, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 3, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2250/60
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A telephone device has a storage unit 17 in which prescribed count information 173 is pre-registered, telephone call initiating/receiving means 181 for initiating a call to a telephone number of a receiving party, determining whether the receiving party responds to the call, and registering outgoing call history information 172 in the storage unit 17 each time a call is initiated, and function switching means 182 for acquiring the number of continuous non-responses of the same receiving party with reference to the outgoing call history information 172 when the receiving party does not respond and initiating a mail function when the acquired number of the non-responses is no less than the prescribed count.

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