Patent ID: 9635172
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04M

Claim:
1. In a voice communication system including a plurality of different voice communication services accessible by a caller and a callee, a method for automatically establishing a connection between the caller and the callee over a caller selectable voice communication service, comprising the steps of: maintaining for a caller, and making available to a communication equipment of the caller, a database associating with each callee a plurality of different voice communication networks accessible by the callee via a single telecommunication device; including in the database a set of destination identities for each callee, each destination identity being associated with a respective one of the plurality of different voice communication networks accessible by each callee via a single telecommunication device, and further including a caller profile associated with a caller, wherein the caller profile comprises a caller preference; establishing a set of selection criteria for each destination identity, the selection criteria selected from at least one of: a day of the week, a time of day, a service priority assigned by either the caller or the callee to each of the voice communication networks, and a geographic location of the caller and/or the intended callee; in response to caller input selecting a callee, selecting a destination identity for an intended callee based upon the selection criteria and the caller preference; and providing a caller interface for the connection based upon the selected destination identity and automatically establishing the connection through the voice communication network associated with the selected destination identity.