Patent ID: 8144851

Claim:
A method for updating identification information of a communication apparatus, comprising: in a first communication apparatus, establishing a connection between a second communication apparatus and the first communication apparatus by transmitting an SIP message which includes identification information which identifies the first communication apparatus to the second communication apparatus, wherein old identification information and new identification information are set to the SIP message, and executing a speech communication processing with the second communication apparatus; and in the second communication apparatus, receiving the SIP message which includes the identification information which identifies the first communication apparatus from the first communication apparatus, and establishing the connection between the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus, executing the speech communication processing with the first communication apparatus, accepting a user designation for updating the identification information which identifies the first communication apparatus from a user of the second communication apparatus in response to finishing of the speech communication processing, and updating the identification information which identifies the first communication apparatus, based on the new identification information included in the received SIP message, in a case where the user designation for updating the identification information is accepted.