Patent ID: 7532716

Claim:
A communication system comprising: a communication device connectable to a communication network, and a terminal device for transmitting information to the communication device, wherein the terminal device comprises: an address book storage unit for storing an address book including a plurality of communication destinations, each of the plurality of communication destinations having a name and access information to access thereto, a display unit for displaying the address book stored in the address book storage unit, a selecting unit for selecting one communication destination among the plurality of communication destinations in the address book displayed on the display unit, and a transmitting unit for transmitting access information of the selected communication destination to the communication device, and wherein the communication device comprises: a receiving unit for receiving the access information transmitted from the terminal device, an analyzing unit for analyzing the access information to detect a plurality of modes for communicating with the selected communication destination, the analyzing unit selecting one mode of communication from the plurality of modes for communicating; and a communicating unit for starting communication with the selected communication destination using the selected mode of the plurality of modes for communicating with the selected communication destination when the receiving unit receives the access information from the terminal device, wherein the plurality of modes for communicating with the selected destination comprises at least two of a telephone number, a FAX number, an IP address, and an e-mail address.