Patent ID: 6967958
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A communication-status notification apparatus for a communication system in which at least one subscriber terminal is connected to a communication network via first gateway equipment, serving to create/analyze a packet as a voice data transmission medium, so that the subscriber terminal sends/receives voice data over the communication network, said apparatus being adapted to be incorporated in the first gateway equipment and comprising: a communication-status monitor/control section for monitoring/controlling the communication status of the communication network, based on the processing status of the voice data in the first gateway equipment; and a communication-status notification section for notifying the subscriber terminal of the communication status monitored/controlled by said communication-status monitor/control section via the first gateway equipment; wherein said communication-status notification section includes a notification-material storage section for storing at least one of voice, character and image as notification materials, and is operable to carry out the notification of communication status using the notification materials stored in said notification-material storage section.