Telephone and method of controlling telephone

1. Telephone that registers a presence state in a presence server having a presence management information storage unit for storing in each telephone the presence state of a user of the telephone, said telephone characterized in comprising:

a presence detector for detecting the presence state of a user;

a presence state storage unit for storing the presence state detected by said presence detector; and

a controller having a presence modification function for changing the presence information stored in the presence state storage unit in accordance with the presence state of the user detected by said presence detector, wherein

said controller changes the presence information stored in said presence state storage unit to presence information that indicates presence when said presence detector has detected that the user is present;

said controller changes the presence information stored in said presence state storage unit to presence information that indicates not present when said presence detector has detected that the user is not present; and

said controller registers in said presence server presence information stored in the presence state storage unit,

said telephone further comprises a voice recognition unit for recognizing a voice of the user of the telephone, and said presence detector detects the presence of the user when said voice recognition unit detects the voice of the user, and detects that the user is not present when the voice of the user is not detected for a prescribed interval set in advance.

2. The telephone according to claim 1 , characterized in further comprising a presence table for enabling or disabling a presence modification action that changes presence information stored in said presence state storage unit for each of the presence states in accordance with the presence state detected by said presence detector.

3. The telephone according to claim 1 , characterized in that said presence detector detects an outgoing call made by the user of the telephone and detects the presence of the user, and detects that the user is not present when an outgoing call has not been detected for a prescribed interval set in advance.

4. The telephone according to claim 1 , characterized in that said telephone further comprises a charger for charging a mobile phone owned by the user of telephone, wherein said presence detector detects the presence of the user when the mobile phone owned by said user is set on said charger, and detects that the user is not present when the mobile phone is not set on said charger.

5. A telephone that registers a presence state in a presence server having a presence management information storage unit for storing in each telephone the presence state of a user of the telephone, said telephone comprising:

an operation input unit that includes a remote button for enabling a remote function for changing the presence information of another telephone; and

a presence state storage unit for storing the presence state of a user, wherein

the remote button is enabled from said operation input unit and remote terminal registration

is carried out in said presence server, and presence information of said other telephone inputted

from said operation input unit is registered in said presence server when said remote button has been operated,

said telephone further comprises:

a voice recognition unit for recognizing a voice of the user of the telephone and a presence detector that detects the presence of the user when said voice recognition unit detects the voice of the user, and detects that the user is not present when the voice of the user is not detected for a prescribed interval set in advance,

a controller that changes the presence information stored in said presence state storage unit to presence information that indicates presence when said presence detector has detected that the user is present;

said controller changes the presence information stored in said presence state storage unit to presence information that indicates not present when said presence detector has detected that the user is not present; and

said controller registers in said presence server presence information stored in the presence state storage unit.

6. The telephone according to claim 5 , characterized in that said telephone receives notification of the changed presence information from said presence server each time the presence information registered in said presence server is changed from said other telephone when said remote button is enabled and the remote terminal registration is carried out in said presence server.

7. The telephone according to claim 5 , characterized in that said telephone acquires presence information of said other telephone at a prescribed timing when said remote button is enabled and the remote terminal registration is carried out in said presence server.

8. A method of controlling a telephone that registers a presence state in a presence server having a presence management information storage unit for storing in each telephone the presence state of a user of the telephone, wherein said telephone comprises:

a presence detector for detecting the presence state of a user;

a presence state storage unit for storing the presence state detected by said presence detector and

a controller having a presence modification function for changing the presence information stored in the presence state storage unit in accordance with the presence state of the user detected by said presence detector

the method comprising:

a step in which said controller changes the presence information stored in said presence state storage unit to presence information that indicates presence when said presence detector has detected that the user is present;

a step in which said controller changes the presence information stored in said presence state storage unit to presence information that indicates not present when said presence detector has detected that the user is not present; and

a step in which said controller registers in said presence server presence information stored in the presence state storage unit,

said telephone further comprises:

a voice recognition unit for recognizing a voice of the user of the telephone, and said presence detector detects the presence of the user when said voice recognition unit detects the voice of the user, and detects that the user is not present when the voice of the user is not detected for a prescribed interval set in advance.

9. The method of controlling a telephone according to claim 8 , characterized in that said telephone further comprises a presence table for enabling or disabling a presence modification function that changes presence information stored in said presence state storage unit for each of the presence states in accordance with the presence state detected by said presence detector and the method of controlling said telephone further comprises a step of enabling or disabling said presence modification function by rewriting said presence table using an input device.

10. The method of controlling a telephone according to claim 8 , characterized in that the step of changing said presence information includes a process in which said presence detector detects an outgoing call made by the user of the telephone and detects the presence of the user, and detects that the user is not present when an outgoing call has not been detected for a prescribed interval set in advance.

11. The method of controlling a telephone according to claim 8 , characterized in that said telephone further comprises a voice recognition unit for recognizing the voice of the user of the telephone, and the step of changing said presence information includes a process in which said presence detector detects the presence of the user when said voice recognition unit detects the voice of the user, and detects that the user is not present when the voice of the user is not detected for a prescribed interval set in advance.

12. The method of controlling a telephone according to claim 8 , characterized in that said telephone further comprises a charger for charging a mobile phone owned by the user of the telephone, and the step for changing said presence information includes a process in which said presence detector detects the presence of the user when the mobile phone owned by said user is set on said charger, and detects that the user is not present when the mobile phone is not set on said charger.

13. A method of controlling a telephone that registers a presence state in a presence server having a presence management information storage unit for storing in each telephone the presence state of a user of the telephone, wherein said telephone comprises an operation input unit that includes a remote button for enabling a remote function for changing the presence information of another telephone, and a presence state storage unit for storing the presence state of a user, the method comprising:

a step for enabling the remote button from said operation input unit and carrying out remote

terminal registration in said presence server; and

a step for registering, in said presence server, presence information of said other telephone

inputted from said operation input unit when said remote button has been operated,

said telephone further comprises:

a voice recognition unit for recognizing a voice of the user of the telephone and

a presence detector that detects the presence of the user when said voice recognition unit detects the voice of the user, and detects that the user is not present when the voice of the user is not detected for a prescribed interval set in advance,

a controller that changes the presence information stored in said presence state storage unit to presence information that indicates presence when said presence detector has detected that the user is present;

said controller changes the presence information stored in said presence state storage unit to presence information that indicates not present when said presence detector has detected that the user is not present; and

said controller registers in said presence server presence information stored in the presence state storage unit.

14. The method of controlling a telephone according to claim 13 , characterized by further having a step in which said telephone receives notification of the changed presence information from said presence server each time the presence information registered in said presence server is changed from said other telephone when said remote button is enabled and the remote terminal registration is carried out in said presence server.

15. The method of controlling a telephone according to claim 13 , characterized by further having a step in which said telephone acquires presence information of said other telephone at a prescribed timing when said remote button is enabled and the remote terminal registration is carried out in said presence server.