Information network with server, call blocking, subscriber status, and

Abstract

In a subscriber information service system including a plurality of terminal equipment, and an information server for presenting personal information of a called subscriber to user at each of the terminal equipment, the information server being connected to the plurality of terminal equipment through a communication network, the information server has a subscriber information table consisting of a plurality of personal records each including a personal identifier assigned to a subscriber, a name of the subscriber, status information of the subscriber, and a name and an equipment address of the communication equipment which can be utilized by a user, and a facility of transmitting content data of the personal record of the specific subscriber registrated in the subscriber information table to each of the terminal equipment. Prior to the communication with the called subscriber, the user at each of the terminal equipment requests the information server to transmit the personal record of the called subscriber, and determines both the status of the called subscriber and the optimal communication equipment by referring to the contents of the personal record received from the information server.