Patent ID: 7047199

Claim:
A communication method comprising: a word-generating step of recognizing a voice and generating a first word and a second word, which correspond to said voice; a word-collating step of collating said first word generated at said word-generating step with pieces of information relating to a destination electronic mail address stored in advance and outputting the destination electronic mail address corresponding to said first word; a program-activating step of confirming the fact that said second word generated at said word-generating step is a predetermined word and activating an electronic mail program corresponding to said predetermined word said program-activating step including determining whether the electronic mail program is activated already and judging whether to issue a local command that is specific to controlling the electronic mail program based on whether the electronic mail program is already activated; and a communication-destination-setting step of adopting said destination electronic mail address output at said word-collating step as a destination electronic mail address of the electronic mail program activated at said program-activating step.