Patent ID: 6657990
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of establishing communication between a first system and a second system, the method comprising:receiving a request to establish a connection between the first system and the second system; establishing a first connection between the first system and the second system, wherein the first connection is to communicate visual data between the first system and the second system, wherein the first connection includes an Internet communication link to communicate data between the first system and the second system via the Internet; and, establishing a second connection between the first system and the second system, wherein the second connection is to communicate audible data between the first system and the second system, wherein the first system and the second system communicate using both the first connection and the second connection, wherein the receiving of the request includes receiving a request to establish the second connection between the first system and the second system across the first connection, and wherein the establishing of the first connection between the first system and the second system enables a first user at the first system and a second user at the second system to interactively modify common visual data that is displayed at the first system to the first user and displayed at the second system to the second user.