Patent ID: 7983248
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. An information communication terminal comprising: a voice communication device that transmits and receives voice signals to and from telephone equipment via a public switched telephone network; a data communication device that transmits and receives call data signals as digitized voice signals to and from another terminal via an IP network; a message communication device that transmits and receives data signals of an instant message which contains character information to and from the other terminal via an IP network; a switching device that, when the voice signals are received by the voice communication device while the call data signals are being transmitted and received by the data communication device, performs switching operation to urge the data communication device to stop transmission and reception of the call data signals and urge the voice communication device to start transmission and reception of the voice signals; and a control device that makes the message communication device transmit the data signals of the instant message to a destination of the call data signals by the data communication device, when the switching operation is performed by the switching device.