Patent ID: 8866868
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for establishing a personal communication between a first user device and a second user device, the first user device and the second user device communicating via voice communication, the method comprising: receiving, at a preference resolver device, a first user selection from a first user of the first user device, the first user selection selecting from among a plurality of personal communication modes, the plurality of personal communication modes comprising voice communication and video communication; receiving, at the preference resolver device, a second user selection from a second user of the second user device, the second user selection selecting from among the plurality of personal communication modes; determining, with the preference resolver device, whether both the first user selection and the second user selection comprise a video communication selection; and establishing video communication between the first user device and the second user device based upon a determination that both the first user selection and the second user selection comprise a video communication selection.