Patent ID: 7688921

Claim:
A receiving apparatus for receiving coded voice data obtained by coding voice data, comprising: receiving means for receiving the coded voice data; decoding means for decoding the coded voice data received by the receiving means; parameter storage means for storing a parameter concerning the reception performed by the receiving means and a parameter concerning the decoding performed by the decoding means in association with specifying information for specifying a transmitting side that transmits the coded voice data; parameter setting means for selecting and setting, based on the specifying information, the parameter concerning the reception performed by the receiving means and the parameter concerning the decoding performed by the decoding means stored in the parameter storage means; and initial value storage means for storing initial values of the parameter concerning the reception and the parameter concerning the decoding, wherein the setting means sets the initial values stored in the initial value setting means in a case the parameter concerning the reception and the parameter concerning the decoding associated with the specifying information do not exist, and wherein the initial value storage means stores the initial values in association with information concerning a state of a signal received by the receiving means.