Patent ID: 8451313

Claim:
A communication terminal capable of communicating among a plurality of communication terminals, comprising: a reception unit for receiving image data from the plurality of communication terminals; a display unit for displaying the image data from the plurality of communication terminals received by the reception unit; an input unit for accepting a choice of at least one image data among the image data from the plurality of communication terminals displayed on the display unit, and a control unit for controlling to transmit information indicating that the communication terminal corresponding to the image data chosen by the input unit is designated as a party of another communication separate from a communication being executed among the plurality of communication terminals to the communication terminal, wherein when the reception unit receives a response indicating that the designation is accepted from the communication terminal designated as the party of the another communication, the control unit controls to transmit audio data of its own terminal to only the designated communication terminal, and when the reception unit receives the response indicating that the designation is accepted from the communication terminal designated as the party of the another communication, the control unit controls to suspend transmission of image data of its own terminal.