Patent ID: 7720051

Claim:
An IP telephone terminal device comprising: a voice input/output unit configured to receive input of voice and to output voice; a plurality of internet protocol (IP) telephone modules, each IP telephone module being capable of an independent IP telephone process based on a respectively assigned IP telephone number; an IP-module selecting unit that selects at least one of the plurality of IP telephone modules based on an IP telephone number included in a call command received from at least one opponent telephone terminal device and connects the selected at least one of the plurality of IP telephone modules to the voice input/output unit; a voice controlling unit that controls input/output of voice between the voice input/output unit and the at least one opponent telephone terminal device through the selected at least one of the plurality of IP telephone modules; and a storage unit that stores therein identification information for identifying IP telephone modules that belong to a group of at least three parties communicating with one another among the IP telephone modules, wherein each of the IP telephone modules that belongs to a certain group communicate with a different opponent telephone terminal device, and the voice controlling unit inputs/outputs voice between the voice input/output unit of each of the IP telephone modules and corresponding opponent telephone terminal device.