NETWORK CONNECTION EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR CONNECTING NETWORK, AND USER TERMINAL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide network connection equipment in which any one of a plurality of communication means is simply connected when connection is made through a network to any one of the plurality of communication means possessed by an identical communication party, a method for connecting the network and a user terminal. SOLUTION: When the network connection equipment is connected through the network to the communication party having the plurality of communication means, the followings are performed: an individual ID is provided to each of the communication parties; the respective IDs of the communication parties are stored by correlating the name of the communication means provided by the communication party with an address corresponding to the communication means; the ID of the communication party and the name of the communication means are specified in connecting the equipment to the user terminal through the network; the corresponding address is extracted on the basis of the specified ID of the communication party and the specified name of the communication means; and the equipment is connected to the communication means of the communication party on the basis of the extracted address. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO