Patent ID: 7684075

Claim:
A communication device, comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with one or more other devices and attempt to connect with intended recipient that is indicated by telephone number; an error detection unit configured to detect an occurrence of a communication error in the communication unit and notify a user of the occurrence of the communication error, if a connection cannot be established after the communication unit has attempted to establish a connection with the recipient predetermined number of times; a confirmation detection unit configured to detect confirmation of the occurrence of the communication error by a user, with prompting the user to operate keys arranged on the communication device, the keys being a numeric keypad or function keys, when the error detection unit notify the user of the occurrence of the communication error; a time limit memory unit configured to memorize a predetermined time limit from a time at which the error detection unit has detected the occurrence of the communication error until a time of starting of error report printing error; and a printing unit configured to print an error report which indicates the communication error has occurred when the confirmation of the occurrence of the communication error has not been detected, and not to print an error report when the confirmation of the occurrence of the communication error has been detected until the predetermined time limit has passed after detecting the occurrence of the communication error.