Patent ID: 8948349
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a switching unit configured to switch a state of an answering machine function between an on-state and an off-state; a detecting unit configured to detect an incoming call; a first determining unit configured to determine, while the incoming call is detected by the detecting unit, whether the state of the answering machine function is switched from the off-state to the on-state by the switching unit; a second determining unit configured to determine, while the incoming call is not detected by the detecting unit, whether the state of the answering machine function is switched from the off-state to the on-state by the switching unit; and a control unit configured to control the communication apparatus such that response processing for the detected incoming call by the answering machine function is operated if the first determining unit determines the state of the answering machine function is switched from the off-state to the on-state by the switching unit, and then the state of the answering machine function is switched to the off-state after communication by the detected incoming call terminates and configured to control the communication apparatus such that the response processing is operated if the second determining unit determines the state of the answering machine function is switched from the off-state to the on-state by the switching unit and then the detecting unit detects the incoming call, and then the on-state of the answering machine function is kept even if a communication by the detected incoming call terminates.