IP Library Granted Patent US 8,265,670
Granted Patent B2
US 8,265,670 · App. 12/684,201 · Granted Sep 11, 2012

Communication apparatus and method of displaying received e-mail in communication apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,265,670
App. No.
12/684,201
Granted
Sep 11, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication apparatus includes: an e-mail creating unit configured to create the e-mail with specifying an e-mail address of a destination; an e-mail transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit/receive the e-mail; a display unit provided with a received mail display area for displaying received e-mail set if necessary and a created mail display area for displaying an e-mail being created; and a control unit configured to set the received mail display area and display the received e-mail if the e-mail is received during creating the e-mail and the e-mail address of a sender of the received e-mail matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created.

Claims (34)

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

an e-mail creating unit configured to create the e-mail with specifying an e-mail address of a destination;

an e-mail transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit/receive the e-mail;

a display unit provided with a received mail display area for displaying a received e-mail set if necessary and a created mail display area for displaying an e-mail being created; and

a control unit configured to set the received mail display area and display the received e-mail if the e-mail is received during creating the e-mail and the e-mail address of a sender of the received e-mail matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created,

wherein the control unit displays one received e-mail among a plurality of the received e-mails on the received mail display area if the e-mail address of the sender of a plurality of the received e-mails matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created in the case where the plurality of e-mails are received during creating the e-mail, and

wherein the control unit displays one received e-mail among the plurality of received e-mails on the received mail display area by switching the received e-mail at a predetermine time interval.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit displays the latest received e-mail among the plurality of the received e-mails on the received mail display area.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit displays one received e-mail among the plurality of the received e-mails on the received mail display area by switching the received e-mail on the basis of a accepted predetermined input operation.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the displaying unit provided with a already received mail display area for displaying at least one e-mail selected from already received e-mails with the created mail display area during creating the e-mail; and

the control unit sets the received e-mail display area in place of the already received mail display area and displays the received e-mail if the e-mail address of the sender of the received e-mails matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created includes the e-mail address specified by Cc and Bcc.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the communication apparatus is a mobile phone.

7. A communication apparatus comprising:

an e-mail creating unit configured to create the e-mail with specifying an e-mail address of a destination while quoting at least a part of a already received mail as the email already received;

an e-mail transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit/receive the e-mail;

a display unit configured to display the e-mail being created; and

a control unit configured to replace or add the already received mail quoted in the e-mail being created with or to the received e-mail if the e-mail is received during creating the e-mail and the e-mail address of a sender of the received e-mail matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created,

wherein the control unit replaces the already received e-mail quoted in the e-mail being created with the received e-mail or adds the received e-mail to the already received e-mail quoted in the e-mail being created if the e-mail address of a sender of the received e-mail matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created, and

wherein the control unit displays one received e-mail among the plurality of received e-mails on the received mail display area by switching the received e-mail at a predetermine time interval.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the communication apparatus is a mobile phone.

9. A method of displaying a received e-mail in a communication apparatus, comprising:

preparing a communication apparatus including an e-mail creating unit configured to create the e-mail with specifying an e-mail address of a destination, an e-mail transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit/receive the e-mail, and a display unit provided with a received mail display area for displaying a received e-mail set if necessary and a created mail display area for displaying an e-mail being created; and

setting the received mail display area and displaying the received e-mail if the e-mail is received during creating the e-mail and the e-mail address of a sender of the received email matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created,

wherein the step displaying comprises: displaying one received e-mail among a plurality of the received e-mails on the received mail display area if the e-mail address of the sender of a plurality of the received e-mails matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created in the case where the plurality of emails are received during creating the e-mail, and

wherein the control unit displays one received e-mail among the plurality of received e-mails on the received mail display area by switching the received e-mail at a predetermine time interval.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the step of displaying comprises: displaying the latest e-mail among the plurality of the received e-mails on the received mail display area.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the step of displaying comprises: displaying one received e-mail among the plurality of received e-mails on the received mail display area by switching the received e-mail at a predetermine time interval.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the step of displaying comprises: displaying one received e-mail among the plurality of the received e-mails on the received mail display area by switching the received e-mail on the basis of a accepted predetermined input operation.

13. The communication apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:

the displaying unit provided with a already received mail display area for displaying at least one e-mail selected from already received e-mails with the created mail display area during creating the e-mail; and

the step of setting and displaying comprises: setting the received e-mail display area in place of the already received mail display area and displaying the received e-mail if the email address of the sender of the received e-mails matches with the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the e-mail address of the destination of the e-mail being created includes the e-mail address specified by Cc and Bcc.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2015
From: FUJITSU MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
To: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
Reel/Frame 036111/0434 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 16, 2013
From: FUJITSU TOSHIBA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
To: FUJITSU MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 029645/0093 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2010
From: YASUDA, CHIKARA; TSUBOUCHI, MASATOSHI; TOYOKURA, AKEMI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 023751/0825 →