Patent ID: 9736315
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first computer, a trigger to establish a data communication session with a second computer, wherein at least one of the first and second computers lack access to a network for direct communication between the first and second computers over the network; in response to the received trigger, discovering, by the first computer, a first phone as a first authorized network device, wherein the first phone has an established voice call with a second phone over a wide area network (WAN); establishing a first network communication session between the first computer and the first phone to provide the first computer access to the established voice call on the WAN; transmitting a request to the second phone over the established voice call to enable the second phone to establish a second network communication session with the second computer and enable the data communication session between the first and second computers; and exchanging data over the WAN between the first and second computers using the first and second network communication sessions and the established voice call.