Patent ID: 7219367

Claim:
A method for receiving data comprising: determining whether an authorization message has been received, the authorization message being configured to indicate whether an interactive connection is authorized; receiving a configuration message, the configuration message specifying a type of communication mode; in response to determining that an authorization message was received, determining the type of communication mode specified in the configuration message; in response to determining the communication mode specified in the configuration message, receiving a first type of data over a first type of communication channel, the first type of data being received separately from the configuration message; determining that the first type of data is subsequently not available over the first type of communication channel; and responsive to determining that the first type of data is subsequently not available over the first type of communication channel, receiving the first type of data over a second type of communication channel and searching for the first type of data in the first type of communication channel, wherein the first type of communication channel carries data that is transmitted in accordance with a first communication protocol, and the second type of communication channel carries data that is transmitted in accordance with a second communication protocol, wherein the first type of communication channel is different than the second type of communication channel, and wherein the first communication protocol is different than the second communication protocol.