Patent ID: 6307646
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
A communication device capable of communicating with an external communication device via a telecommunication line, comprising:personal information storing means for storing only personal voice and personal image information which can be input or output for a specific individual;personal information output control means for outputting said personal information stored in said personal information storing means via the telecommunication line;general information storing means, separate from said personal information storing means, for storing only general voice and general image information which can be input or output;general information output control means for outputting said general information stored in said general information storing means via said telecommunication line; andinformation output means for, when one of said personal information stored in said personal information storing means or said general information stored in said general information storing means is output via said telecommunication line in a transmission by said personal information output control means or said general information output control means, automatically outputting the other information via said telecommunication line during the same transmission by operating said personal information output control means or said general information output control means,wherein the information output means outputs, at one communication, via the telecommunication line, 1) one of the general voice information stored in the general information storing means, and the personal voice information stored in the personal information storing means, 2) the other one of the general voice information and the personal voice information, 3) one of the general image information stored in the general information storing means and the personal image information stored in the personal information storing means, and 4) the other one of the general image information and the personal image information, according to a request from the external communication device.