摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video phone system wherein a videophone can easily be operated without having the intelligence of a personal computer at all. <P>SOLUTION: The video phone system is provided with: a plurality of terminals; and a server connected to the terminals via the Internet, the terminal including a touch panel menu whereby a user enters its intension and request, and the server including an exchange function for searching a terminal to be connected among the terminals and connecting with the terminal. The terminal provided to the system automatically attaches a unique terminal number embedded in itself to a telephone number entered by the user and transmits the resulting number to the server as authentication information, and the server provided to the system receives the authentication information, or the server transmits a telephone directory menu to the terminal, and the terminal displays the telephone directory menu on its touch panel menu to allow the user to select a communication connection opposite party. At least one selected from a group comprising a nick name, a name and a photograph in addition to a telephone number is displayed on the telephone directory menu. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI |