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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
37910015 ; 37910016 ; 37910013 ; 379142 ; 358434 ;
Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a communication unit for performing a communication, a speech communication unit for performing a speech communication, a detection unit for detecting the telephone number of the calling side before connection of a call, a registration unit for registering the telephone number of the calling side, and a switching unit for switching a communication mode between the communication unit and the speech communication unit on the basis of the telephone number of the calling side detected by the detection unit, and the telephone number registered in the registration unit.