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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2010
Yasuo Morinaga, Kawasaki, JP;
Manabu Ota, Yokosuka, JP;
Mitsuru Murata, Yokohama, JP;
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is suppressing a mail transmission loop between the communication terminals. A communication terminalaccording to the present invention includes: a communication unitfor receiving a mail from a transmitter; a flag confirming unitfor confirming whether an automatic reply flag is attached or not to the received mail; an automatic reply time confirming unitfor confirming the number of times of automatic replies; an automatic reply determining unitfor determining whether to perform the automatic reply function or not based on presence or absence of the automatic reply flag and the number of times of automatic replies; and a mail transmitting unitfor transmitting the automatic reply mail to the transmitter when the automatic reply function is determined to be performed; wherein the number of times of automatic replies is changed every time the automatic reply function is performed, and when the automatic reply flag is attached to the received mail and the number of times of automatic replies reaches a given value with respect to the received mail, the automatic reply determining unitdetermines not to perform the automatic reply function.