Patent ID: 7769018
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of establishing at least two simultaneous forms of communication between at least two entities using a computer, said method comprising: using said computer, establishing an initial communication form between said entities based on an entity-identifier in which said initial communication form is a wholly operational and functional communication path; using said computer, identifying communication capabilities of said entities based on said entity-identifier; using said computer, creating a list of said entity-identifiers and alternative communication forms that are possible between said entities and in which each of said alternative communication forms is a wholly operational and functional communication path; using said computer, testing said alternative communication forms; and using said computer, establishing at least one additional communication form between said entities from said alternative communication forms that passed said testing, such that said entities simultaneously communicate over said initial communication form and said additional communication form.