Patent ID: 6452688
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A communication terminal apparatus which exchanges communication data with a remote communication terminal apparatus via a communication line and also is capable of exchanging data with a computer apparatus connected via an interface, comprising:report accumulating means for accumulating report data which is based on information related to apparatus operations; report output destination setting means capable of being set by the communication terminal apparatus and the computer apparatus so that each can set whether report data is to be output to a user at the communication terminal apparatus itself or at the computer apparatus; report type determining means for determining, when a request for sending a report is sent from said computer apparatus via said interface, a type of the requested report; and report sending means for sending the report data corresponding to the type of report determined by said report type determining means from among the report data accumulated in said report accumulating means to said computer apparatus via said interface when a request for sending a report is sent from said computer apparatus via said interface.