Patent ID: 7466810
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A communications system, comprising: a first cluster of user computing devices associated with a first user, said first cluster of user computing devices providing access to a plurality of communication service resources of the first user; a second cluster of user computing devices associated with a second user, said second cluster of computing devices providing access to a plurality of communication service resources of the second user; and distributed call management software that runs at least partly on the first and second clusters of user computing devices, said distributed call management software providing functionality for the first user to selectively grant permission to the second user to use one or more of the communication service resources of the first user to place calls, and providing functionality for the second user to selectively grant permission to the first user to use one or more of the communication service resources of the second user to place calls, said distributed call management software further including functionality for automatically routing calls according to said permissions.