Patent ID: 11924369
Assignee: ICOM INCORPORATED
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 4:
5. A voice communication method of performing mutual communication between a plurality of terminal devices including a first terminal device as a caller and a second terminal device as a responder, via a server device connected via a network, the method comprising:
transmitting by the first terminal device according to a transmission operation by a user, a voice signal and identification information of the second terminal device, as a communication partner, to the server device,
transferring by the server device the voice signal transmitted from the first terminal device to the second terminal device,
continuously counting by the server device a number of simultaneous receptions of the voice signals,
transferring by the server device, in a case where the number of simultaneous receptions reaches a predetermined restriction value, the received voice signal with transmission restriction information attached thereto, to the second terminal device, and
performing by the second terminal device transmission restriction in which the second terminal device does not transmit a voice signal even when a transmission operation is performed by the user, during reception of a voice signal having the transmission restriction information attached thereto.