Patent ID: 8285854

Claim:
A system to establish a connection between communication devices via a network, the system comprising: a first terminal to receive a request and a first communication device identifier over a first data link from a first communication device, the request being to establish communication with a second communication device; a server electronically coupled to the first terminal through the network, the server having one or more processors and a communication device register, the server to determine whether the second communication device is reachable over a second data link based on information stored in the communication device register; and a second terminal electronically coupled to the server through the network, the second terminal to establish the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device subsequent to determining that the second communication device is reachable by the second terminal over the second data link, the server to transmit a network address of one of the coupled terminals to another of the coupled terminals, prior to forwarding a call from the first terminal to the second terminal, to enable the coupled terminals to establish a network connection therebetween using the transmitted network address.