Patent ID: 8094593
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a memory section that stores a correspondence table associating users of external communication apparatuses with contact addresses for contacting the users via the communication apparatus; a communication section that transmits data destined for the contact addresses and/or receives data originated from the contact addresses; a retrieval section that retrieves, from the users in the correspondence table stored in the memory section, users with an elapsed period longer than a threshold value, the elapsed period being a period elapsed after a final communication destined for or originated from contact addresses of the retrieved users; a display section that displays a list of the users retrieved by the retrieval section; and a communication control section that, in response to operation of selecting a user from the list displayed by the display section, causes the communication section to perform a communication destined for the contact address associated with the selected user and registered in the correspondence table, wherein the display section displays the list of the users retrieved by the retrieval section in the order according to the elapsed period, and the communication apparatus further comprises a switching section that switches, according to instruction, arrangement of the users in the list between ascending order and descending order.