Patent ID: 8230013
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating communication between a first group communication system and a second group communication system, the method comprising: joining a communicator to the second group communication system, the communicator being previously joined to the first group communication system and having a first name at the first group communication system, the communicator having a second name at the second group communication system, the first name contravenes a naming convention of the second group communication system; translating by a processor between the first name and the second name in a communication between the communicator and the second group communication system, wherein translating is performed based on a translation data structure; applying an algorithm to the first name, wherein the algorithm is configured to generate a name complying with the naming convention of the second group communication system, wherein the algorithm comprises applying a hash function to the first name.