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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1997
Takuji Tsujigawa, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Daisuke Wada, Kasuga, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An Internet phone server device includes a database storing users' telephone numbers and nearby ISPA information, a telephone number acquiring unit for acquiring the telephone number of the other party in response to user's call origination, an ISPA acquiring unit for obtaining the nearby ISPA of the terminating side from the acquired telephone number, and an ordinary public line calling unit for originating a call to a terminating Internet phone from the ISPA of the terminating side by using an ordinary public line. At an arbitrary time, the user originates a call. Even if the other-party does not communicate using IP connection, an communication can be effected.