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When a terminal equipment (4) cannot receive a call from a call-out terminal equipment (2, 6), detection means (53) of an automatic answering server (5) inquires the call-out terminal equipment (2, 6) if an animation display function is provided. Upon receiving the inquiry, the terminal equipment (2) provided with the animation display function transmits as a response an animation displayable notice referring to a memory section (24). In this case, a search section (54) of the automatic answering server (5) reads out a response animation from a memory section (52), and transmits the response animation as read to the terminal equipment (2). On the other hand, the terminal equipment (6) without the animation display function cannot transmit the above notice, and the search section (54) therefore reads out the voice response message from the memory section (52) and transmits the voice response message as read to the terminal equipment (6). As a result, in a communication system wherein both an equipment with a display function and an equipment without a display function can be connected to a communication network, a responder which permits the image response message and the voice response message to be transmitted without unnecessary increasing an amount of data to be transmitted within the communication network can be realized. The troublesome work for reconnection can be saved, and it is not necessary to learn new operations for receiving an image response message.

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