Patent ID: 8416436
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a voice communication unit configured to perform voice communication with a first partner apparatus via a network; an image communication unit configured to perform (a) image communication with the same partner apparatus as the first partner apparatus via the network in parallel with the voice communication performed with the first partner apparatus by said voice communication unit, and (b) the image communication with a different partner apparatus than the first partner apparatus via the network in parallel with the voice communication performed with the first partner apparatus by said voice communication unit; a detecting unit configured to detect completion of the image communication performed by said image communication unit; and a notification unit configured to notify a user of a partner apparatus in the voice communication of the completion of the image communication by outputting a voice signal for the voice communication which has been performed in parallel with the completed image communication when said detecting unit detects the completion of the image communication, wherein the communication apparatus further comprises a first determination unit configured to determine whether the image communication performed in parallel with the voice communication is performed with the same partner apparatus or with the different apparatus, wherein, when said first determination unit determines that the image communication performed in parallel with the voice communication is performed with the same partner apparatus, and when said detecting unit detects the completion of the image communication, said notification unit is configured to notify a user of the same partner apparatus via the voice communication of the completion of the image communication, and wherein, as when said first determination unit determines that the image communication performed in parallel with the voice communication is performed with the different partner apparatus, and when said detecting unit detects the completion of the image communication, said notification unit is configured not to notify a user of the partner apparatus via the voice communication of the completion of the image communication.