Patent ID: 8873521
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of determining user terminal information, the method comprising: automatically initiating an automatically initiated first communication at a first user terminal between the first user terminal and a second user terminal using a telephone number of the second user terminal, wherein the automatically initiated first communication is automatically initiated at the first user terminal in response to occurrence of a time interval and without user input at the first user terminal; receiving information regarding the second user terminal at the first user terminal during the automatically initiated first communication over a non-voice channel from the second user terminal without opening a voice channel between the first and second user terminals, wherein the information regarding the second user terminal comprises an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the second user terminal and a user status profile designated by a user of the second user terminal; and responsive to receiving the Internet Protocol (IP) address, automatically initiating a second communication between the first and second user terminals using the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the second user terminal without requiring user input at the first user terminal after receiving the Internet Protocol (IP) address.