Patent ID: 7444373

Claim:
A method comprising: enabling a first user to log in, at a first address, using a first communication device and establish communication with an associated server using a wireless communication link; enabling the first user to log in, at a second address, using the first communication device and establish communication with an associated server; enabling a second user to log in using at least one of a plurality of communication devices; sending information indicating a current address of the second user to a server associated with the at least one communication device used by the second user to log in, wherein a server associated with the communication device used by the second user to log in is separate from a server associated with the first communication device used by the first user to log in; causing display of a graphical rolodex on a display of the first communication device used by the first user to log in, the graphical rolodex having a scrollable listing of user identifiers of potential participants; causing display of a quick-dial panel on the display of the communication device used by the first user to log in, the quick-dial panel listing identifiers in the form of icons for potential participants for selection by the first user, the quick-dial panel having been previously created by the first user by selecting user identifiers of potential participants from the graphical rolodex; enabling the first user to initiate real-time communication by selecting at least an identifier for the second user from at least one of the graphical rolodex and the quick-dial panel; in response, obtaining the current address information for the second user; and using the received address information to automatically establish real-time communication between the first and second users, wherein the real-time communication is of a selected type or is a default communication type if no real-time communication type is selected.