Patent ID: 8218747

Claim:
A telephone device configured to connect with a plurality of receiver devices, the telephone device comprising: a status storage device configured to store a status of each of the plurality of receiver devices; a processor; and memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the telephone device to function as: a call request receiving device configured to receive a call request; a selectable information sending device configured to send selectable information for selecting one type of call request from among a plurality of types of call requests to a source of the call request received by the call request receiving device; a selected result information receiving device configured to receive selected result information sent from the source; a first notice instruction sending device configured to send a call request notice instruction to all of the plurality of receiver devices when the selected result information received by the selected result information receiving device indicates a first type of call request, even if the plurality of receiver devices includes a receiver device having a busy status; a receiver device specifying device configured to specify one or more receiver devices having an idle status from among the plurality of receiver devices based on contents of the status storage device when the selected result information received by the selected result information receiving device indicates a second type of call request; and a second notice instruction sending device configured to send the call request notice instruction to the one or more receiver devices specified by the receiver device specifying device, but not to receiver devices having the busy status.