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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:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toru Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Futoshi Hachimura, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/500 ;
Abstract
A control method of a second terminal which communicates with a partner of a communication by a first terminal. Fee information to calculate a fee per unit time of the communication by the first terminal is obtained. The fee information obtained is transmitted via a radio line to the second terminal which communicates with the partner of the communication by the first terminal. The fee information transmitted is received and the speech fee is calculated and displayed. The communication by the first terminal is held is subsequently restarted by a request from the second terminal.