Patent ID: 7929687

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: a melody output part configured to register one or more melodies; a first storage part configured to store one or more display patterns; an operation part configured for setting on/off a silent-call-reception mode in which when the silent-call-reception mode is set on, a call notification melody signaling an incoming call received from a calling party through a network is not sounded; a second storage part configured to store information indicating on/off of melody output of incoming call melodies, the incoming call melodies, and illumination patterns; and a control part configured such that when the incoming call is received from the calling party and the silent-call-reception mode is off, said control part causes one of the stored display patterns to be output for each telephone number and causes one of the registered melodies, corresponding to the calling party, to be output, for each telephone number based on the stored information indicating on/off of melody output and the call notification melody, and when said silent-call-reception mode is on, said control part causes only the display pattern to be output for each telephone number, while the corresponding melody is not output even when melody output for each telephone number is set on.