Patent ID: 6996226

Claim:
A communication system comprising: a communication control apparatus, connected to an external network, for controlling communications with the external network; one or more telephone terminals for performing telephone communications, via the communication control apparatus, with a destination telephone terminal accommodated in the external network; and one or more information terminals for performing communications with the communication control apparatus, wherein the information terminal includes: identification information storing means for storing destination terminal identification information for identifying the destination information terminal; and transmitting means for transmitting the destination terminal identification information to the communication control apparatus, and wherein the communication control apparatus includes: association information storing means for storing association information for associating the information terminal with the telephone terminal; receiving means for receiving the destination terminal identification information from the information terminal; and control means for performing control so as to initiate a call to the destination telephone terminal based on the received destination terminal identification information and so as to establish a telephone communication link between the telephone terminal associated with the information terminal to which the destination terminal identification information is transmitted and the destination telephone terminal.