Patent ID: 8582745

Claim:
A device comprising: one or more processors to: receive, from a first user device, a first request to connect the first user device to a second user device; receive, from the second user device, a second request to connect the second user device to the first user device; detect that the first user device is calling the second user device while the second user device is calling the first user device when the first request and the second request are received within a particular time period; send a notification to the first user device or the second user device based on detecting that the first user device is calling the second user device while the second user device is calling the first user device, the notification including an audible notification or a visual notification that indicates that the first user device and the second user device are calling one another; identify the first user device or the second user device as a previous call originator of a previous call between the first user device and the second user device, the previous call occurring prior to detecting that the first user device is calling the second user device while the second user device is calling the first user device; designate the first user device or the second user device as a call originator for the call based on identifying the first user device or the second user device as the previous call originator; and connect, based on the designating of the call originator, the first user device and the second user device for a call.