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Gateway apparatus, terminal specification method for gateway apparatus and computer-readable recording medium having recorded terminal-specifying program

  • US 6,788,677 B1
  • Filed: 12/31/1998
  • Issued: 09/07/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A gateway apparatus that connects a packet-switched network to a circuit-switched network, the packet-switched network having a plurality of information terminals connected thereto, comprising:

  • recognition means for storing identifiers of the information terminals on the packet-switched network and the addresses of the information terminals on the packet-switched network;

    incoming call notification means for notifying each of the information terminals having the identifiers stored in said recognition means of an incoming call when receiving the incoming call from the circuit-switched network;

    connection means for connecting to the circuit-switched network the information terminal that has responded first to the incoming call notification; and

    sending means for sending a disconnection message to each of the information terminals that have responded to the incoming call notification except for the information terminal that has connected to the circuit-switched network.

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