Patent ID: 8559606
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method implemented on a first computing device for establishing a multimodal telephone call, the method comprising: on the first computing device, receiving a telephone call from a second computing device; on the first computing device, sending a response to the second computing device that a telephony session is established between the first computing device and the second computing device; on the first computing device, sending a request message to register the first computing device for a data session at an online registry service, the request message to register including a telephone number associated with the first computing device and a telephone number associated with the second computing device, the telephone numbers associated with the first and second computing devices being utilized by the online registry service in an attempt to match the telephone numbers associated with the first and second computing devices with telephone numbers included in other request messages to register, received at the online registry service; on the first computing device, receiving a response message indicating that the first computing device is registered at the online registry service, the response message including a key that uniquely identifies the data session; and on the first computing device, using the key to establish the data session with the second computing device.