US 7,321,782 B2 | ||
Relay apparatus | ||
Kohei Fujii, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
Assigned to NEC Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
Filed on Jul. 18, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/621,583. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2002-215434 (JP), filed on Jul. 24, 2002. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0018813 A1, Jan. 29, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. H04M 1/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 455—556.1 [455/557; 455/7] | 14 Claims |
1. A relay apparatus for connection to a plurality of communication devices including portable terminals, fixed telephone
terminals and a telephone line connected to a telephone network, said relay apparatus comprising:
an external interface (IF) section which independently controls each of the plurality of communication devices and includes
separate interface sections for respective ones of the plurality of communication devices, and
a common terminal section commonly provided for the respective ones of the plurality of communication devices connected to
the external I/F section performing multiple kinds of communication including speech communication, electronic mail communication
and image communication, the common terminal section including a control section connected to the external I/F section and
including a call control section for controlling various kinds of communication calls, a speech communication processing section
for performing speech communication, a mail processing section for exchanging electronic mail, an image processing section
for performing image communication, a database management section, and a response determination section,
said common terminal section further including a transmission/reception section connected to the speech communication processing
section of the communication control section, a database (DB) connected to the communication control section and managed by
the database management section, a storage section storing programs executed by the common terminal section, and a window
display section, wherein
said call control section performs call control for the respective ones of the plurality of communication devices on the basis
of specifications set in advance in accordance with types and models of respective ones of the plurality of communication
devices, said DB commonly performing collective management of communication information identifying communication partners,
said DB having registered filter settings including limitations on origination and utilization time, call rejection and call
limitations and termination propriety used to determine whether to respond to a new incoming call from another communication
partner during speech communication, communication information held in each of said plurality of communication devices being
stored in said DB when each communication device is connected to the relay apparatus.
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