Patent ID: 6496930
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A message receiving apparatus for receiving messages from a message transmitting apparatus, comprising:first receiving means for receiving first data concerning a use condition of the message transmitting apparatus from the message transmitting apparatus; first generating means for generating second data for producing a display which urges a user of the message transmitting apparatus to input a message; second generating means for generating third data for specifying a conversion type for secret communication of the message according to the received first data; transmitting means for transmitting the second data and the third data to the message transmitting apparatus; and second receiving means for receiving the message from the message transmitting apparatus after the second data and the third data have been transmitted to the message transmitting apparatus, wherein the second data is written in a document description language format, and the third data is written within the second data using tags that extend the document description language format.