Patent ID: 8489211

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: a vibrator; a memory configured to store a content including sound data and image data and to pre-store a plurality of notification sound data, each corresponding to one of a plurality events including a first event associated with a first priority higher than a priority of reproduction of the content and a second event associated with a second priority lower than the priority of reproduction of the content; a sound output unit configured to output the sound data stored in the memory; a display unit configured to display the image data stored in the memory; and a control unit configured to access the memory when an event occurs while outputting the sound data and displaying the image data, to determine which of the plurality of notification sound data pre-stored in the memory corresponds to the event and identify a priority of the event as being the first priority or the second priority by accessing the memory when the event occurs during outputting of the sound data and displaying of the image data, wherein the control unit is configured to control, when reception of an incoming call comprising the first event associated with the first priority occurs during outputting the sound data and displaying the image data, the sound output unit to stop outputting the sound data and the display unit to stop displaying the image data, respectively, start counting time from the stop of the outputting of the sound data and the displaying of the image data and control the sound output unit to output the pre-stored notification sound data corresponding to the reception of the incoming call, control, when the counted time reaches a predetermined period, the sound output unit to resume outputting the sound data and the display unit to resume displaying the image data, respectively, and wherein the control unit is further configured to keep, when reception of a mail which is the second event associated with the second priority occurs during outputting of the sound data and displaying of the image data, the sound output unit to output the sound data and the display unit to display both the image data and an image relating to the mail reception in an area not used to display the image data, respectively, and control the vibrator to vibrate in place of outputting the pre-stored notification sound data via the sound output unit.