Patent ID: 8072970

Claim:
A method of forming a multi-media communication path between a first communication device, a second communication device and a third communication device all of which are coupled to a multi-media provider system, comprising: receiving a call request at a circuit-based portion of a multi-media provider system; processing the call request at the circuit-based portion of the multi-media provider system for forming a first communication link between the first communication device and the second communication device in the circuit-based portion of the multi-media provider system; processing predetermined attributes in a first format for the circuit-based portion of the multi-media provider system into a second format for an Internet protocol-based portion of the multi-media provider system; sending the predetermined attributes of the first communication link to an internet protocol-based portion of the multi-media provider system before a request for one of a plurality of multi-media services is received, for configuring the internet protocol-based portion of the multi-media provider system to provide the one of the plurality of multi-media services associated with the third communication device; and monitoring the first communication link for the request for the one of the plurality of multi-media services.