Patent ID: 7848311
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus that connects to a management server, the server storing telephone numbers for communication and destination information, the destination information including addresses of a plurality of terminal apparatuses corresponding to each telephone number, and function service information of each terminal apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising: an accessor that accesses the management server and notifies the management server of a telephone number for communication; an inquiry information obtainer that obtains, when the accessor notifies the management server of the communication telephone number, destination information of a terminal apparatus from the management server, the terminal apparatus corresponding to the communication telephone number; an Internet Protocol (IP) service presence determiner that determines whether the destination information obtained by the inquiry information obtainer has function service information related to Internet Protocol communication; and an indicator that indicates that the terminal apparatus corresponding to the communication telephone number has a function of Internet Protocol communication, when the IP service presence determiner determines that the destination information has the Internet Protocol communication function service information.