Incoming call notification apparatus

A method of providing incoming call information to a called terminal in a telephone system, the incoming call information including information that an incoming call was received while the called terminal was in a call-not-acceptable state, the method of providing incoming information comprising the steps of:

• storing the incoming call information of the incoming call received when the called terminal is in the call-not-acceptable state, the incoming call information serving to notify the called terminal of a receipt of the incoming call which could not reach the called terminal;
• reading out the stored incoming call information;
• producing a call setup message containing the read out incoming call information;
• transmitting the call setup message in the sequence of an incoming call process to the called terminal in response to the called terminal changing from the call-not-acceptable state to a call-acceptable state;
• and
• executing abortion processing of the incoming call information after the transmitting step without a call establishment to leave said incoming call information in a memory of said called terminal.