Patent ID: 6937579
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. In a connection arrangement including a plurality of electronic devices, wherein information can be exchanged among the plurality of electronic devices through a plurality of communication links between the electronic devices, at least one of the electronic devices being configurable for communicating with a data source, a method for presenting a multi-channel message originating from the data source, the multi-channel message comprising a plurality of components, the method comprising the steps of: allocating each of at least a portion of the plurality of components in the multi-channel message to at least one electronic device for presentation to a user; for each allocated component, determining possible communication paths between the data source and the at least one electronic device allocated to the corresponding component; selecting, based at least in part on one or more selection criteria, at least one of the possible communication paths for each of the allocated components, each of the selected communication paths representing an optimal route between the data source and the at least one electronic device allocated to the corresponding component; and routing each of the allocated components in the multi-channel message according to the selected communication paths for presentation of the allocated components by the corresponding electronic devices.