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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1999
Joon Lee, Yongin, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A computer having automatic answering state displaying and processing functions includes an automatic answering setting unit for outputting an automatic answering guide message, preset by a user, for when a telephone call from the outside is received through a modem, portion for storing a predetermined received message from the outside according to the automatic answering guide message, portion for displaying that there is the received message in response to a display signal, a telephone button for generating an answering confirmation signal when the user notices the display portion and presses the telephone button, a microcomputer for generating the display signal to control the display portion, if there is the received message, and detecting the answering confirmation signal generated from the telephone button, and an automatic answering processing unit for informing the microcomputer that the received message is stored in the storage portion and informing the user of the received message from the storage portion according to the answering confirmation signal transmitted through the microcomputer.