Patent ID: 7206809

Claim:
A method of real-time communication between a plurality of users each with respective communication devices having associated displays, the method comprising: registering the service capabilities of at least one of the communications devices associated with at least one user; allowing a plurality of users to connect to at least one communication network by logging in using their respective communications devices; in response to a user's log in, maintaining a record of user's identification information and a record of associated location information for where that user is logged in; causing display of a user identifier, for at least a second user, in a list on the display of at least a first user's communication device; allowing the first user to select the displayed second user's identifier; in response to the first user's selection, retrieving necessary addressing information of the second user; using the retrieved addressing information to cause establishment of a connection between the first and second users through at least one communication network; and enabling real-time communication between the first and second users using their respective communication devices based on their registered service capabilities.