Communication apparatus

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a communication apparatus capable of being connected to a communication line through which calling party information comes at the time of termination, wherein without bothering a user, it is possible to perform display of incoming call history, automatic dialing origination by using the display. In the communication apparatus, when a calling party information receiving section receives calling party information, a main controlling section reads the calling party information out of a specific area of a memory, and sequentially compares the calling party information received by the calling party information receiving section with the read calling party information. In the case where it is judged that they are not coincident with each other, the calling party information received by the calling party information receiving section and the incoming call date and time thereof are associated with each other and stored in an incoming call history area of the memory, and then the communication apparatus goes into a telephone answering mode. In the case where it is judged that calling party information coincident with the received calling party information is read out of the specific area of the memory, the communication apparatus goes into the telephone answering mode at once.

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