Patent ID: 8885810

Claim:
A telephone communication control apparatus comprising: a registry in which status information that indicates status of each of a plurality of members and communication method information corresponding to said status are registered, wherein said plurality of members share a fixed telephone terminal and respectively have communication terminals; an authentication unit that authenticates a number of a calling side terminal of a call by comparing the number of the calling side terminal and numbers in a transfer approval list in which numbers of calling side terminals approved to have a session with said members are indicated when said call is made to a number of said fixed telephone terminal; and a transfer control unit that transfers said call that is authenticated at said authentication unit to one of said communication terminals based on the communication method information corresponding to said status in said registry, wherein when the called communication terminal that the transfer control unit transfered said call to is unavailable for an incoming call and available for receiving an electronic mail, the transfer control unit issues a new electronic mail creating screen activation request to the calling side terminal to activate a new electronic mail creating screen with an electronic mail address for the transfer control unit on a screen of the calling side terminal, and the transfer control unit transfers an electronic mail sent from the calling side terminal to the called communication terminal.