Patent ID: 8514842

Claim:
A method comprising: identifying, by a communication manager executed by a processor of a server that is communicatively coupled to a communication network, that a plurality of clients are communicatively coupled to the communication network and are accessing a document via a common virtual space, wherein the common virtual space is configured to communicate with both at least one first application and at least one second application having different functionality than the at least one first application, wherein identifying the plurality of clients accessing the common virtual space comprises: identifying at least one first edit to the document by the at least one first application executed by at least one first client of the plurality of clients; identifying at least one second edit to the document by the at least one second application executed by at least one second client of the plurality of clients; and autonomously initiating, by the communication manager, voice communication between the plurality of clients in response to identifying that the plurality of clients are accessing the document via the common virtual space and identifying the at least one first edit and the at least one second edit to the document, wherein the common virtual space has a primary functionality that is not voice-communication centric.