Patent ID: 7380007
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of accessing electronic data from a communications system, the method comprising: establishing a connection between a client system and a host system using a first account of a user, the first account of the user being maintained by the host system; determining if one or more additional accounts maintained by the host system are associated with the user; initiating a first communication session between the client system and the host system over the connection, the first communication session being associated with the first account of the user; based on a determination that one or more additional accounts maintained by the host system are associated with the user, automatically initiating, over the same connection between the client system and the host system, one or more additional communication sessions between the client system and the host system, the one or more additional communication sessions being associated with the one or more additional accounts associated with the user; transmitting, to the host system, additional account information for the one or more additional accounts maintained by the host system; and after transmitting the additional account information for the one or more additional accounts to the host system, enabling, for each of the one or more additional accounts, a transfer of electronic data associated with each of the one or more additional accounts to a corresponding designated destination in response to automatically initiating the one or more additional communication sessions between the client system and the host system.