Patent ID: 9172815
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer instructions configured to operate with electronic computer hardware to perform the following steps, comprising: display, in a window of a shared application of a first party, information shared between the first party and at least one other party, the first party and the at least one other party being current participants to the shared application; display for the first party an indication of whether the at least one other party is communicably connected to the shared application; display for the first party an option to automatically initiate voice communication between the current participants of the shared application without requiring individual selection of potential members of the voice communication; and request, in response to selection of the option, voice communication between the first party and the at least one other party; wherein, as a result of selection of the option, the first party enters voice communications with the at least one other party.