Abstract: There is provided an telephone control apparatus including storing unit for storing ringtone patterns for each incoming call group relative to one or more telephone terminals; and controlling unit for performing a ring operation of the telephone terminal belonging to the incoming call group which is to receive a call based on the ringtone pattern specified from the storing unit, wherein when a certain incoming call group among the plural incoming call groups becomes in a call receiving condition, the controlling unit specifies the ringtone pattern corresponding to the incoming call group in a call receiving condition by referring to the storing unit and controls the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group in the call receiving condition to perform a ring operation based on the ringtone pattern.

Abstract: There is provided an telephone control apparatus including storing unit for storing ringtone patterns for each incoming call group relative to one or more telephone terminals; and controlling unit for performing a ring operation of the telephone terminal belonging to the incoming call group which is to receive a call based on the ringtone pattern specified from the storing unit, wherein when a certain incoming call group among the plural incoming call groups becomes in a call receiving condition, the controlling unit specifies the ringtone pattern corresponding to the incoming call group in a call receiving condition by referring to the storing unit and controls the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group in the call receiving condition to perform a ring operation based on the ringtone pattern.

Abstract: An IP (Internet Protocol) telephone terminal includes a communication subsection transmitting and receiving data to and from one or more IP telephone terminals on a peer-to-peer connection over an IP network, and a search subsection comparing a telephone number received by the communication subsection with a telephone number allotted to the IP telephone terminal. When the result from comparison indicates a coincidence between both of the telephone numbers under comparison, the communication subsection transmits the IP address assigned thereto. The IP address thus transmitted efficiently allows a call connection to be set up from a calling telephone terminal having transmitted the telephone number.

Abstract: An information providing system includes a terminal on the side of a call originator, a terminal on the side of a call terminator, a content server, and an IP network. When the originator makes a call meant for the terminator, the one user terminal on side of the terminator transmits to the other user terminal on side of the originator information on contents to be provided to the latter so as to make the originator specify either contents or an audible ringing tone. As a result, if the originator specifies contents, the contents are provided from the content server to the one user terminal. Conversely, if the originator specifies a ringing tone, then a ringing tone is provided to the one user terminal in a known manner.

Abstract: It is the subject of this invention to provide a method and a device that can process communications between all sorts of multi-media terminals. The method or device of this invention is applied or equipped between different multi-media terminals, each of which exists in each different address space. It watches packets under each communication protocol. It automatically compiles and deletes address information for address translation. And it stands proxy for calling and connecting between each multi-media terminal and the other multi-media terminal according to this address information.

Abstract: An IP (Internet Protocol) telephone terminal includes a communication subsection transmitting and receiving data to and from one or more IP telephone terminals on a peer to-peer connection over an IP network, and a search subsection comparing a telephone number received by the communication subsection with a telephone number allotted to the IP telephone terminal. When the result from comparison indicates a coincidence between both of the telephone numbers under comparison, the communication subsection transmits the IP address assigned thereto. The IP address thus transmitted efficiently allows a call connection to be set up from a calling telephone terminal having transmitted the telephone number.

Abstract: It is the subject of this invention to provide a method and a device that can process communications between all sorts of multi-media terminals.