Patent ID: 6446043
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A communication parameter search apparatus, comprising:location managing means for receiving a signal, indicating a location of each user positioned in any place among a plurality of locations, and for managing the location of each user and further comprising location history information storing means for storing a history of location information representing a location of each managed user together with time information; input receiving means for receiving an input, designating a place, and an input, of a range of time, from an operator; communication parameter storing means for storing one or more communication parameters necessary for communication with each user; user group means for grouping users who were present in the same designated place and same range of time received by the input receiving means, by referring to information, stored in the location history information storing means and managed by the location managing means; communication parameter search means for searching the communication parameter storing means for identifying the communication parameters of the users grouped by the user group means; a display means for displaying a list of selectable communication parameters corresponding to a name of each grouped user who were present at the same designated place during the same designated range of time; and communication means for communicating with the grouped users using their corresponding selected communication parameters.