Patent ID: 7216144
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implement method of facilitating interactions between users of a computer network, the method comprising: transmitting a first user's proposal for a communications session to another user as a first user interface that displays the first user's proposal in a manner enabling user interaction with the first user's proposal, wherein the first user interface includes multiple fields associated with specifying parameters of the proposed communications session; receiving a response from the other user with a counterproposal as a second user interface that displays the response of the other user in a manner enabling user interaction with the counterproposal, wherein the second user interface includes multiple fields enabling the other user to specify parameters of the counter-proposed communication session, with at least one of the parameters of the counterproposal differing from a corresponding parameter of the proposal; and automatically engaging in the proposed communications session using the parameters included in the counterproposal upon acceptance of the counterproposal by the first user.