Patent ID: 6208659
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A communication system, comprising:a web card database server for storing a plurality of access values, wherein each of the plurality of access values corresponds to one of a plurality of communication media of a first entity;a global communication network, comprising the Internet, that is capable of selectively communicating a first portion of the plurality of access values in response to a first control signal; wherein at least one of the first plurality of access values indicates a contemporaneous availability of the first portion of communication media; anda data processing system coupled to the communication network and to the web card database server for providing a second control signal, wherein the second control signal is a first uniform resource locator (URL) value, wherein the communication network is configured to communicate a first plurality of data values in response to receipt of the first uniform resource locator value, and wherein at least one of the plurality of data values indicates a contemporaneous availability of a corresponding one of the first portion of communication media.