Method, system and program for switching between various computer-based communication techniques
First Claim
1. A method of establishing a computer-based communication session involving a user of a computer, said method comprising:
- receiving from the user notification of a desired participant in the communication session and a desired communications application to be used for the session;
retrieving a participant identifier effective to identify the desired participant to the desired communications application; and
providing the retrieved participant identifier to the communications application.
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Abstract
In an embodiment of a method of establishing a computer-based communication session involving a user of a computer, notification may be received from the user of a desired participant and a desired communications application for the session. A participant identifier effective to identify the desired participant to the desired communications application may then be retrieved, and the retrieved identifier may be provided to the communications application. An embodiment of a system for computer-based communications includes means for receiving notification of a desired participant in a communications session and a desired communications application for the session, means for retrieving a participant identifier appropriate to identify the desired participant to the desired communications application, and means for providing the retrieved participant identifier to the communications application. The means for receiving notification, means for retrieving a participant identifier and means for providing the identifier may include a communications aggregation program.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of establishing a computer-based communication session involving a user of a computer, said method comprising:
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receiving from the user notification of a desired participant in the communication session and a desired communications application to be used for the session;
retrieving a participant identifier effective to identify the desired participant to the desired communications application; and
providing the retrieved participant identifier to the communications application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for computer-based communications, comprising:
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means for receiving, from a user of a computer, notification of a desired participant in a communications session and a desired communications application for the communications session;
means for retrieving a participant identifier appropriate to identify the desired participant to the desired communications application; and
means for providing the retrieved participant identifier to the communications application. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25)
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22. A computer-usable carrier medium, comprising:
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first program instructions executable on a computer for receiving, from a first participant, notification of a desired additional participant in a communication session and a desired communications application for use in the session;
second program instructions executable on the computer for retrieving a participant identifier appropriate to identify the desired additional participant to the desired communications application; and
third program instructions executable on the computer for providing the retrieved participant identifier to the communications application. - View Dependent Claims (23, 26)
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- 27. A computer-usable carrier medium, comprising a data structure storing multiple sets of participant identifiers, each effective to identify a potential participant in a computer-based communications session to each of multiple communications applications available for use in the communications session.
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30. A method of establishing a computer-based communication session involving a user of a computer, said method comprising:
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displaying, on a display screen of the computer, a graphical user interface including representations of multiple communications applications accessible with computer and representations of multiple potential participants in a communications session;
receiving from the user notification of a desired participant in the communication session and a desired communications application to be used for the session;
retrieving a participant identifier effective to identify the desired participant to the desired communications application; and
providing the retrieved participant identifier to the communications application. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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