Patent ID: 8005057
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication method for remote voice communication between short-ranged devices, comprising: operating a cell server with a short-range transceiver to discover a first client device enabled to communicate with the cell server transceiver; transmitting media contents to the first client device; when the media contents are received by the first client device, providing the first client device with an amount of free talk credit time; receiving a request from the first client device to initiate a chat session with a second client device; and establishing the chat session including communicatively linking the first and second client devices for a period less than about the amount of free talk credit time, wherein the chat session comprises the first client device wirelessly transmitting data to the cell server and the cell server transmitting the transmitted data in digital form over a network to the second client device.