Patent ID: 8144185
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A communication method executed by a participant terminal of a teleconference, comprising: first receiving information concerning a resource for image data delivery, wherein said information, which is managed as first presence data, is delivered from a server when said server receives an image delivery request from a terminal of a first participant of a voice-based teleconference, and said first presence data is delivered to subscribers when updated; second receiving second presence data concerning a state of said first participant, wherein said second presence data is delivered from said server when image data corresponding to said image delivery request is stored from said terminal of said first participant to said server, and said second presence data represents that said image data is ready to be delivered from said resource; transmitting a request for said image data to said resource by using said information received at said first receiving, after said second receiving; and third receiving said image data from said resource, after said transmitting.