Patent ID: 8126130
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A multimedia session manager system comprising: a first controller for controlling telephony services, including private branch exchange (PBX) services, during telephony calls to a plurality of terminals; and a second controller coupled to the first controller for controlling Instant Messaging (“IM”) services during IM sessions to a plurality of user communications devices; wherein the first controller and the second controller coupling a telephony call between a first user at a first terminal and a second user at a second terminal and an IM session separate from the telephony call and between the first user at a first user communication device and the second user at a second user communication device together so that, during the telephony call, responsive to application of a private branch exchange (“PBX”) service to the telephony call by the first controller, the second controller automatically applying a corresponding IM service corresponding to the PBX service to the IM session associated with the telephony call.