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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 13, 2008
Kimihiro Sawada, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Ueki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kimihiro Sawada, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Ueki, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus of the present invention used for communicating with an external communication device is provided with a memory section to store a correspondence table associating users of external communication devices with contact addresses for contacting the users via the communication apparatus; a communication section to transmit data destined for the contact addresses and/or receive data originated from the contact addresses; a retrieval section that retrieves, from the users in the correspondence table, users with an elapsed period longer than a threshold value, the elapsed period being a period elapsed after a final communication destined for or originated from contact addresses of the retrieved users; a display section to display a list of the retrieved users; and a communication control section that, upon selection of a user from the displayed list, causes the communication section to perform a communication destined for the contact address associated with the selected user.