Patent ID: 8369318

Claim:
A networking apparatus including a PBX that relays between and manages IP and analog telephones that are assigned extension number information, the apparatus comprising: a VoIP conversion portion which converts an analog audio signal into an IP signal; an IP connection portion to which an IP telephone is connected; an analog connection portion to which an analog telephone is connected, an assignment control portion which performs an operation of assigning the analog connection portion the extension number information of the analog telephone; and a storage portion which stores the extension number information of the analog telephone in association with the corresponding analog connection portion, wherein, when a call originated from an IP telephone is relayed and connected to an analog telephone, call origination information received from the call-originating IP telephone is converted into extension number information and is then output, and when a call originated from an analog telephone is relayed and connected to a destination analog telephone, extension number information corresponding to the call-originating analog telephone is obtained from the storage portion and is output to the destination analog telephone.