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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1998
Munehiro Yoshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is intended to control communication devices on a screen with a good operability. The present invention provides a communication terminal apparatus which comprises receiving means for receiving from a server a text file created on the basis of communication control information, wherein the communication control information includes a specifying word for specifying a desired communication device and transmission control information for controlling transmission origination processing for the communication device, display means for detecting the communication control information in the text data to display a communication device corresponded to the specifying word and its line number on a screen, and control means operative when a displayed portion of the communication device and its line number is selected to perform the transmission origination processing for the line number to establish a communication link when a transmission origination condition defined by the transmission control information is satisfied, and to get rid of the transmission origination processing when the transmission origination condition is not satisfied.