Patent ID: 6088719
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A communication apparatus connected via a network to at least one another communication apparatus, in which a character message transmitted from another communication apparatus is received and displayed, and a character message is inputted and transmitted to another communication apparatus, said communication apparatus comprising:a user state storage unit for storing a user state list in which states of a user as an operator of the communication apparatus are associated with other communication apparatuses, respectively;user state retrieval means for retrieving characters or a character train representative of a state of the user from the received character message; anduser state registering means responsive to a detection of characters or a character train representative of a state of the user by said user state retrieval means for rewriting a state of the user on the user state list stored in said user state storage unit, the state of the user being associated with another communication apparatus as an originator who issues the character message, into the state of the user represented by the characters or the character train detected by a retrieval of said user state retrieval means.