Patent ID: 6775026
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
An Internet communication system for communicating data over the Internet, the Internet communication system comprising:a target register registered with e-mail addresses and URLs as targets of data communication over the Internet; an Internet command unit that commands data communication over the Internet; a judgment unit that, when the Internet command unit commands data communication over the Internet, judges whether data is to be transmitted to one of the e-mail addresses registered in the target register or home page data located at one of the URLs registered in the target register is to be downloaded and received; a target candidate display unit that: extracts only e-mail addresses from the target register and displays a list of the extracted e-mail addresses as target candidates when the judgment unit judges that data is to be transmitted to one of the e-mail addresses registered in the target register; and extracts only URLs from the target register and displays a list of the extracted URLs as target candidates when the judgment unit judges that home page data located at one of the URLs registered in the target register is to be downloaded and received; and a selection unit that selects a desired e-mail address or URL from the displayed target candidates.