| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication system, terminal equipment and a communication method for performing communication in consideration of partner's convenience by grasping a state of the partner to be called and capable of relieving a burden of a server. <P>SOLUTION: A center server 10 manages IP addresses of client equipment (codes 12 to 18) connected to a network 20 and provides the IP addresses to each client equipment connected to the network 20. Peer-to-peer (P2P) connection is established between pieces of the client equipment 14 and 16 based on information on the IP address and an image of a user 62 imaged by an imaging means 50 is transmitted to the client equipment 14 as status information by a client 16. The status of the user 62 displayed on a display device 44 is confirmed by the client equipment 14 and a user 60 learn the partner's status before calling the user 62. The status information is transferred by the P2P connection and the burden of the server is relieved. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |
