Patent ID: 6137489
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A communication apparatus, comprising:a first memory for storing attribute information of a sender of an article;first means for obtaining particular attribute information stored in said first memory identified as that of the sender of a received article by extracting sub-information specifying the sender from the received article;a second memory for storing materials about the sender, a receiver, and environments thereof, including at least one of still pictures, animations and sounds;a third memory for storing rules for selecting materials corresponding to the attribute information;second means for selecting the particular material from said second memory to compose the particular material for reproduction in accordance with the particular attribute information obtained by said first means by referring to a rule stored in said third memory corresponding to the particular attribute information; andthird means for reproducing the particular material composed by said second means as representing the received article sent from the sender.