Patent ID: 8600366

Claim:
A communication system configured by and including a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal performing data communication with respect to each other via a predetermined management apparatus, wherein the first communication terminal has a first communication unit for performing data communication and a first control unit which, when said data communication is requested, connects to said management apparatus and requests to send to a plurality of communication terminals including said second communication terminal a confirmation notification of participation of the data communication including a parameter for connection to the management apparatus via said first communication unit, performs data communication with at least one communication terminal which replies with respect to the confirmation notification of participation via said management apparatus, and transmits an end notification of the data communication from said first communication unit to a communication terminal which has not been participated in said data communication among communication terminals to which the confirmation notification of participation was transmitted when ending the data communication, the second communication terminal has a second communication unit transmitting/receiving data and a second control unit for connecting, when the second communication unit receives a confirmation notification of participation of data communication, to said management apparatus using a parameter included in the received confirmation notification of participation, activating an operation of an application program of the data communication, and performing start processing of the data communication among communication terminals including said first communication terminal via said management apparatus and, at the same time, replying regarding participation in the data communication via the second communication unit, and the second control unit does not perform the start processing for participation of the data communication based on the received confirmation notification of participation when an end notification of the data communication has been already received when the second communication unit receives the confirmation notification of participation of the data communication, and ends the operation of the application program of the data communication.