Patent ID: 7319746

Claim:
A method of setting up calls between calling users (Uj-k) and called users (Uj′-k′) each associated with at least one personal identifier and each having at least one communication terminal (Tji-k), each communication terminal of the calling user (Uj-k) being logically connected to a first communication equipment (Sk) and each communication terminal of the called user (Uj′-k′) being logically connected to a second communication equipment (Sk′) and the combination of these terminals enabling a plurality of modes of communication between these two users; the method comprising, in the event of a request to set up a call between a calling user (Uj-k-) and a called user (Uj′-k′): exchanging information between the first communication equipment (Sk) and the second communication equipment (Sk′) prior to setting up a call, and, if the called user accepts the setting up of a call: the second communication equipment (Sk′) determining each terminal of the called user that would enable setting up of the requested call; the second communication equipment (Sk′) then sending the first communication equipment (Sk) a terminal identifier for each terminal thus determined; and the first communication equipment (Sk) then selecting, from the identifiers of the called user that it receives, at least one terminal identifier, if there is a plurality of possible choices, and then initiating the setting up of a call between at least one terminal of the calling user and at least one terminal of the called user corresponding to an identifier that it has selected.