A telephone communication system is disclosed, in which a plurality of
telephone stations based on an Internet protocol are connected to a LAN
network to form an IP network including at least one constituent unit.
Each constituent unit of said IP network, comprising: SIP server means
based on a protocol defined for controlling the start, end and change of
a session of an interactive communication; resource management server
means for the control storage and delivery of station state databases of
said plurality of telephone stations, and application server means. The
SIP server means, the resource management server means and the
application server means are connected to said LAN internet for offering
required services to said plurality of telephone stations, so that
information transmission among said plurality of telephone stations and
each of said server means are performed on a packet-wise basis.