Patent ID: 8442201

Claim:
A telephone device configured to send a positive response in reply to a call request in order to construct a call established status with a source of the call request, the telephone device comprising: a microphone; a speaker; an operating device configured to allow a user to operate said telephone device; a call request sending device configured to send, on a condition that a call preparing operation is ended on the operating device, a call request to telephone identification information corresponding to the call preparing operation as a destination; a call request receiving device configured to receive a call request; a first identification information determination device configured to determine, on a condition that a second call request is received by the call request receiving device in a time between a call preparing operation being started and the call preparing operation being ended on the operating device and before a first call request being sent by the call request sending device, whether or not telephone identification information corresponding to the call preparing operation is identical to telephone identification information of the source of the second call request; and a first positive response sending device configured to send the positive response to the source of the second call request in reply to the second call request on a condition that it is determined by the first identification information determination device that the telephone identification information corresponding to the call preparing operation is identical to the telephone identification information of the source of the second call request.