Patent ID: 7778401
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: an operation unit for connecting a line by an operation of an operator; a line connection unit that calls a repeating installation by connecting the line in response to the operation of the operation unit; a number input unit for inputting a telephone number designating a called apparatus according to an operation of the operator; a dial signal transmitting unit that transmits a dial signal corresponding to the telephone number inputted by the number input unit to the line connected by the line connection unit; an operation detection unit that detects the operation of the operation unit; a measuring unit that measures a predetermined time when the operation of the operating unit is detected by the operation detection unit; and a number memory that stores the telephone number inputted by the number input unit before the measuring of the predetermined time by the measuring unit ends, wherein the dial signal transmitting unit comprises a standby unit that suspends a transmission of the dial signal corresponding to the telephone number stored in the number memory to the line until the measuring of the predetermined time by the measuring unit ends, and the dial signal transmitting unit transmits the dial signal corresponding to the telephone number and stored in the number memory to the line after a standby operation by the standby unit.