Patent ID: 8769001

Claim:
A transmission terminal coupled to a display that displays information of one or more candidate counterpart transmission terminals configured to communicate with the transmission terminal through a communication network, the transmission terminal comprising: a receiver that receives state information of the one or more candidate counterpart transmission terminals through the communication network, the state information of the one or more candidate counterpart transmission terminals indicating at least an operation state of the one or more candidate counterpart transmission terminals; and circuitry configured to: suppress the display from displaying newly received state information of the one or more candidate counterpart transmission terminals until the receiver receives specific state information of a predetermined specific transmission terminal that is different than the one or more candidate counterpart transmission terminals; cause the display to display the information of the one or more candidate counterpart transmission terminals in a manner that reflects the newly received state information of the one or more candidate counterpart transmission terminals that is received by the receiver during a display suppressing time in which the display suppressor unit suppresses the display from displaying the newly received state information of the one or more candidate counterpart transmission terminals when the receiver receives the specific state information of the predetermined specific transmission terminal; and allow a user to select a desired counterpart transmission terminal from the one or more candidate counterpart transmission terminals using the information of the one or more candidate counterpart transmission terminals that is displayed by the display.