Patent ID: 7216143

Claim:
An instant messaging or chat (IM/chat) communication method comprising the steps of: inserting in a program code of an instant message (IM): a) a header component that provides identity information of an IM sender in a voice conference identifier for connecting a voice communication link from a recipient client to the IM sender b) a body component that provides message text that is displayed prior the connecting a voice communication link; c) an attachment component for including the voice conference identifier comprising a voice conference call list identifying conference call nodes; embedding compiled object code of said voice conference identifier in said attachment, wherein execution of said computer program code at a recipient node establishes a voice communications link between an IM sender and a recipient at the recipient node; transmitting said IM from the IM sender to the recipient at a recipient node; a recipient client presenting the identity information and the message text, and detecting the voice conference identifier within the IM; responsive to the detecting step, an IM interface of the recipient displaying a user-selectable text or graphic symbol; and responsive to a user-selection of said displayed text or graphic symbol, automatically establishing a voice communication link between the recipient and the IM sender using the compiled object code embedded in said IM by: executing said compiled object code on a machine hosting said IM interface, wherein execution of said compiled object code at the recipient node establishes the voice communications link between the IM sender and the recipient at the recipient node based on the identity information presented in the header component.