Patent ID: 6845247

Claim:
A communication terminal apparatus that is connected to a communicatee through a communication line and transmits/receives information to/from said communicatee, comprising: communication controlling means that executes controls required for the transmission/reception of information through said communication line; read-out means to read out information recorded on a seal-like recording medium pasted anywhere at the discretion of a user; and connecting means that connects a communication line to the communicatee corresponding to the information read out by said read-out means, wherein said seal-like recording medium includes adhesives applied to a back surface to allow for pasting anywhere at the discretion of the user and includes information displayed on a front surface thereof to indicate recorded contents, and information required for the connection to said communicatee is recorded on said seal-like recording medium, and on the front surface of said seal-like recording medium an image indicating said communicatee is displayed, and attribute information related to said communicatee is further recorded on said seal-like recording medium, and said connecting means executes a process for the connection to said communicates according to said attribute information, and said attribute information represents periods of time during which the connection to said communicatee is one of possible and periods of time during which the connection to said communicatee is impossible, and said connecting means executes said process for connecting the communication line to the communicatee only when a present date and time is within the periods of time permitted by said attribute information.