Patent ID: 9681095
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A method implemented at least in part by a communication device, the method comprising: for a plurality of contacts stored at the communication device, reading contact information for the contacts, wherein the contact information comprises a telephone number; communicating the contact information to an address clearinghouse, wherein communicating the contact information to the address clearinghouse comprises sending the telephone number to the address clearinghouse; from the address clearinghouse, receiving participation confirmation and a user identifier of a video calling service for a participating contact out of the contacts having the telephone number; in a local address book, locally storing an indication that the participating contact is a participant in the video calling service; in the local address book, locally storing the user identifier of the video calling service; responsive to receiving participation confirmation for the participating contact, bypassing a confirmation user interface; subsequently, during an audio-only call on the communication device with the participating contact with the telephone number, responsive to the stored indication that the participating contact is a participant in the video calling service, presenting an option to escalate the audio-only call on the communication device to a video call on the same communication device via the video calling service; and responsive to activation of the option, escalating the audio-only call on the communication device to a video call via the locally stored user identifier of the video calling service.