Telephone system, its log-in management method and server device

A log-in management method for a telephone system, comprising a plurality of telephone sets having unique address information on a packet communication network, an exchange device which controls incoming calls to the plurality of telephone sets on the basis of the address information and a server device connected to the packet communication network, the method comprising:

• accepting, by each of the plurality of telephone sets, a user log-in operation based on user identification information;
• notifying, by each of the plurality of telephone sets, the identification information of users and address information of its own telephone set to the server device, in a registration request;
• storing, by the server device, a user management table associating each telephone number of the plurality of telephone sets with the user identification information;
• storing, by the server device, an address management table dynamically associating each telephone number of the users with address information of the corresponding telephone sets;
• specifying, by the server device, a telephone number of a logged-in user by referring to the user management table on the basis of the identification information in response to the log-in operation;
• verifying, by the server device, whether the specified telephone number is registered by referring to the address management table on the basis of the specified telephone number;
• determining, by the server device, whether address information of the registered telephone number and the notified address information are the same by referring to the address management table, if the specified telephone number is registered;
• updating, by the server device, the address management table by overwriting address information of the registered telephone number on the address management table with the notified address information, if it is determined that the notified address information is not the same as the address information of the registered telephone number;
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• notifying, by the server device, the registered telephone that it has been deregistered when it is determined that the notified address information is not the same as the address information of the registered telephone number and that the registration request is an initial registration request.

A server device, including a plurality of telephone sets having unique address information on a packet communication network, and an exchange device which controls incoming calls to the plurality of telephone sets on the basis of the address information, comprising:

• a user management table associating each telephone number of the plurality of telephone sets with identification information of users;
• an address management table dynamically associating each telephone number of the users with address information of the corresponding telephone sets;
• a specification processing unit which specifies a telephone number of a logged-in user by referring to the user management table on the basis of the identification information when the log-in operation is performed;
• a verification processing unit which verifies whether the specified telephone number is registered by referring to the address management table on the basis of the specified telephone number;
• a determination processing unit which determines whether the address information of the registered telephone number and notified address information received in a registration request from a telephone set to which the user is logged in are the same by referring to the address management table, if the specified telephone number has already been registered;
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• an update processing unit which updates the address management table by overwriting address information of the registered telephone number in the address management table by the notified address information, if it is determined that the notified address information is not the same as the address information of the registered telephone number,
• wherein the server device notifies the registered telephone that it has been deregistered when it is determined that the notified address information is not the same as the address information of the registered telephone number and that the registration request is an initial registration request.