Patent ID: 7903808

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: a receiving part configured to receive from a network, party information identifying a calling party; a specific party discrimination part configured to store specific party information for a plurality of specific parties; a melody output part configured to register for each specific party (i) a corresponding one of a plurality of melodies, and (ii) whether output of the melody is to be limited to a specific time zone of a day, said specific time zone being less than the entire day; a storage part configured to store a plurality of display patterns corresponding to the respective specific parties; an input part configured for designation of the display patterns and melodies on an individual party basis and for user input of an instruction; a control part configured such that when the party information received in an incoming call through the receiving part matches the specific party information corresponding to one of the specific parties, said control part causes a corresponding display pattern and a corresponding melody to be output; and a time part configured to determine a time of receiving said incoming call, wherein if the time of receiving said incoming call is not within the registered time zone of the day in which output of the melody is permitted, said control part causes said corresponding melody not to be output and allows the outputting of said display pattern to continue, and wherein when said communication apparatus is set by user instruction via said input part after said receiving part receives the party information identifying a calling party and during said incoming call to a silent-call-reception mode, said control part stops outputting said corresponding melody and allows call notification through said display pattern to continue.