Television conference registration method and terminal thereof

A database for indexing data associating a conferencing partner with a user in a television conference, said database comprising:

• a first area including data relating to a registration of said user;
• a second area including data relating to a telephone number of said partner entered by said user, said second area being associated with said first area;
• and
• a third area including communication parameters used in communicating between said user and said partner in said television conference, said communication parameters determined by connecting said user with said partner using said telephone number stored in said second area, said third area being associated with said first area and said second area.

A computer readable storage medium containing data for performing:

• receiving a user identification;
• receiving a telephone number of a conferencing partner from said user, said partner being associated with said user;
• storing said telephone number in association with said user identification;
• establishing a connection with said partner using said stored telephone number;
• determining communication parameters for communicating between said user and said partner in a television conference based on said connection;
• and
• storing said communication parameters in association with said user identification and said partner.

A television conference terminal comprising:

• an input which receives a user identification for a user, receives a partner identification for a conference partner from said user, and receives a telephone number associated with said partner identification from said user;
• a memory;
• and
• a controller which stores said partner identification and telephone number in association with said user identification;
• wherein
• said controller establishes a connection with said partner using said stored telephone number, determines communication parameters between said user and said conference partner in a television conference based on said connection, and said controller stores said communication parameters in said memory in association with said user identification and said partner identification.