Patent ID: 7620036
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for making a call using an IP telephone apparatus, the IP telephone apparatus being connected to a terminal apparatus and a Web server, the Web server storing predetermined information regarding a predetermined user of another IP telephone apparatus, the predetermined information corresponding to a HTML address, the Web server further storing an IP address of the IP telephone apparatus corresponding to ID information of a user of the terminal apparatus, the IP telephone apparatus being connected to an ENUM server, the ENUM server storing a NAPTR (Naming Authority Pointer) resource record, the NAPTR resource record including an ENUM domain name corresponding to first information and second information, the first information being associated with the HTML address, the second information being associated with a telephone number of the another IP telephone apparatus, the method comprising: accessing, at the terminal apparatus, the Web server to search for the predetermined information regarding the predetermined user of the another IP telephone apparatus, using the ID information of the user of the terminal apparatus; receiving, at the terminal apparatus from the Web server, a search result, the search result including the predetermined information regarding the predetermined user of the another IP telephone apparatus; selecting, at the terminal apparatus, the predetermined information regarding the predetermined user of the another IP telephone apparatus contained in the received search result; notifying, from the terminal apparatus to the Web server, that the predetermined information regarding the predetermined user of the another IP telephone apparatus is selected at the terminal apparatus; transmitting, from the Web server to the ENUM server, a request for the telephone number of the another IP telephone apparatus, based on the HTML address corresponding to the selected predetermined information regarding the predetermined user of the another IP telephone apparatus; searching, at the ENUM server, for the NAPTR resource record including the first information associated with the HTML address, the NAPTR resource record including the second information corresponding to the first information, the second information being associated with the telephone number of the another IP telephone apparatus; transmitting, from the ENUM server to the Web server, the telephone number of the another IP telephone apparatus; transmitting, from the Web server to the IP telephone apparatus, the telephone number of the another IP telephone apparatus, based on the IP address of the IP telephone apparatus, the IP address of the IP telephone apparatus corresponding to the ID information of the user of the terminal apparatus; and accessing, at the IP telephone apparatus, the another IP telephone apparatus to make a call via the Internet, based on the received telephone number of the another IP telephone apparatus.