Patent ID: 7469301
Filing Date: 2008-12-23
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication system comprising: a transport protocol object (TPO) server; and a plurality of transport protocol objects (TPOs) instantiated at the TPO server, each of the plurality of TPOs adapted to establish an Instant Messaging (IM) session with respective IM servers, each of IM servers adapted to provide IM services in a different IM protocol, each of the plurality of TPOs further adapted to provide a translation between a first instant messaging (IM) respective protocol and a second IM protocol, each of the TPOs further adapted to receive a token associated with an established IM session, and upon receiving the token generating a session identification (session ID) associated with at least one of the IM protocols, wherein the communication system is configured to retrieve contact information for at least one contact from at least one of the IM servers and organize the retrieved contact information according to IM server from which the contact information was retrieved.