Patent ID: 9374556
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A communication terminal capable of outputting content data transmitted from a counterpart communication terminal, the communication terminal comprising: a receiver to receive first state information that indicates transition of a state of the counterpart communication terminal from a previous state to a current state; and processing circuitry to determine whether the communication terminal currently has a state associated with the current state of the counterpart communication terminal indicated by the first state information, and control output of content data transmitted from the counterpart communication terminal for display at the communication terminal based on determination, wherein, when the determination indicates that the communication terminal has the state associated with the current state of the counterpart communication terminal, the processing circuitry controls to output the content data transmitted from the counterpart communication terminal, and when the determination indicates that the communication terminal does not have the state associated with the current state of the counterpart communication terminal, the processing circuitry controls to prohibit output of the content data transmitted from the counterpart communication terminal.