Patent ID: 7564836
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An Internet telephone apparatus connected to a server, the server storing an IP address corresponding to a telephone number of a call destination, a plurality of telephone apparatuses being associated with the call destination, the Internet telephone apparatus comprising: a controller configured to transmit the telephone number of the call destination to the server, to receive an IP address corresponding to the telephone number of the call destination from the server, and to access the call destination for a call over the Internet based on the IP address; said controller, when a predetermined symbol is detected in the IP address, converts the predetermined symbol into a numeric value, and accesses a predetermined one of the plurality of telephone apparatuses associated with the call destination based on the IP address including the numeric value; and said controller, when the predetermined telephone apparatus of the call destination is unavailable, reconverts the predetermined symbol into another numeric value, and accesses another telephone apparatus of the plurality of telephone apparatuses based on the IP address including the another numeric value without user intervention at the Internet telephone apparatus.