Patent ID: 6922571

Claim:
A telephone system comprising: a caller's terminal; a called party's terminal; and a mobile phone network, said telephone system configured to provide communications between said caller's terminal and said called party's mobile terminal by way of said mobile phone network, wherein when a call is placed from the caller's terminal to the mobile terminal, said mobile phone network is configured to confirm a moving state of said mobile terminal; in the case where said mobile terminal is found to be moving, said mobile phone network is configured to notify said mobile terminal of the fact that a call was received, is configured to notify said caller's terminal of the fact that said mobile terminal is moving, to thereby cause said caller's terminal to place another call after a lapse of a predetermined time, and is configured to prohibit the mobile terminal from answering the received call; and in the case where said mobile terminal is found to be not moving, said mobile phone network is configured to transmit a calling signal to said mobile terminal.