Patent ID: 8442597

Claim:
A telephone apparatus having a calling card support function, the telephone apparatus comprising: a card information storage section provided to store therein card information on a calling card; a controller configured to make a telephone call with use of the card information on the calling card stored in the card information storage section, by using telephone communication means; a card information reception section provided to receive, from a cellular phone, the card information on the calling card stored in the cellular phone, and a location information acquisition section configured to acquire location information indicative of a present location of the telephone apparatus, the controller being further configured to allow the card information reception section to receive, from the cellular phone, the card information on the calling card stored in the cellular phone and record the card information on the calling card received by the card information reception section in the card information storage section when the card information reception section receives, from the cellular phone, the card information on the calling card stored in the cellular phone; wherein the card information storage section has a capacity for simultaneously storing the card information on a plurality of calling cards on a calling-card-by-calling-card basis, wherein the controller is further configured to select the card information of one calling card from that of the plurality of calling cards stored in the card information storage section so that the selected one calling card corresponds to the present location, wherein the controller makes the telephone call with use of the card information on the selected one calling card, by using the telephone communication means.