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Details

Inventors: Chida, Makoto;
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Examiner: Donaghue; Larry D.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

A communication terminal includes a memory for storing various types of information related to a communication partner, for example, information that represents the functions of the communication partner and identifying information for identifying the communication partner. The terminal can discriminate a communication partner based on both a transmitted signal from communication partner transmitted during a communication operation and the identifying information stored in the memory, and can display the various information related to the communication partner in accordance with the discrimination.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication apparatus and method which solve the above-described problems.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for promptly getting detailed information that shows the functions of a partner's terminal.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for getting prompt information that shows the multimedia functions of a partner's terminal.
Another object of the present invention is to improve the efficiency of communication.
Still another object of the present invention is to prevent wasting time in communication.
Still another object of the present invention is to eliminate wasting time in interrupting and transmitting communications which are needed to recover lost or missed transmitted data.
The foregoing and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

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