Patent ID: 9712667
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M

Claim:
1. A method for identifying a first network entity within a first communication network, said method executed by a processor of a network device, said method comprising: receiving an entity identification data of said first network entity in a second communication network, said first and second communication networks having a different entity identification convention, said first communication network being a peer-to-peer network; using said entity identification data of said first network entity in said second communication network as an identity of said first network entity in said first communication network, wherein said entity identification data, when used in said first communication network, comprises the same form of said entity identification data when used in said second communication network; inviting a second network entity to the first communication network through an invite sent to the second network entity over said second communication network; receiving an acknowledgement to said invite from said second network entity over said first communication network; and downloading to said second network entity, executable client software from a registration server, the client software having an identifier for the second network entity embedded therein.