COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM

摘要

When a chat service initiation request arrives from a user terminal, the most suitable communication modality is determined based on registration information stored in memory and the message transmitted from the user terminal is converted to this communication modality and then transmitted to the remote party. In principle, if the destination party is a registered member, the chat modality is selected as the communication modality employed when communicating with the remote destination party. On the other hand, if the destination party is an unregistered member, a modality is selected that corresponds to the information registered in memory in association with the unregistered member.

主权项

1. A communication method used for the transmission and reception of messages with the help of information processing terminals, wherein the method includes the steps of: receiving a destination and a message to be transmitted to said destination; selecting one communication modality from one or more communication modalities registered in memory in association with the received destination based on information indicating the order of priority of the communication modalities to be employed; and transmitting the message to the destination using the selected communication modality.