Patent ID: 7613782

Claim:
A computer readable medium that stores an executable communications control program that causes a terminal to communicate over a local network and an open network, the computer readable medium comprising: an executable request receiving code segment stored on the computer readable medium that, when executed, causes the terminal to receive a transmission request for transmitting a message over the open network, the message having a destination; an executable determining code segment stored on the computer readable medium that, when executed, causes the terminal to determine whether the destination for the message is included in a destination list, the destination list being stored in the terminal and including a list of destinations that the terminal has previously communicated with over the local network; an executable message transmitting code segment stored on the computer readable medium that, when executed, causes the terminal to transmit the message to the destination over the open network when the destination is included in the destination list; and an executable message canceling code segment stored on the computer readable medium that, when executed, causes the terminal to cancel a transmission of the message when the destination for the message is not included in the destination list.