to point connection shown in a flow chart of fig1 is executed and the process is terminated in s1704 the process of the conventional television conference terminal is executed in accordance with the cause of the start of the process and the process is terminated fig1 shows a flow chart of an example of the multi point to point connection start process in the control television conference terminal in accordance with the present embodiment of the present invention the process shown in fig1 is started in s1701 of fig1 in s1800 the multi point to point connection list 1600 shown in fig1 is prepared based on the multi point to point television conference information and the address information stored in the ram 153 shown in fig1 and an auxiliary storage not shown and the process proceeds to s1801 in s1801 the identification information for the television conference terminal which received the 34 call setup 34 message transmitted in s1805 to identify the call received in the multi point to point communication is prepared in the call setup message and the process proceeds to s1802 for the identification information a specific value prenoticed to the participating television conference terminal which is to participate the multi point to point television conference is used in s1802 whether a connection destination candidate television conference terminal terminal other than the own television conference terminal having no 34 not ready to connect 34 set in the connection field 1605 is present in the multi point to point connection list.