Patent ID: 7620393

Claim:
A method for managing communication devices, the method comprising the steps of: receiving by a processor a request for placing a first communication device in an active communication session, the request comprising information related to an identity of the first communication device; identifying by the processor an active communication session from a set of active communication sessions based on the information related to the identity of the first communication device by ascertaining a set of communication devices based on at least one mapping algorithm, the at least one mapping algorithm being based on location of the first communication device, type of the first communication device, a pre-defined precedence order of communication devices, the identity of the first communication device, the set of communication devices being in the active communication session at instant of the request, and ascertaining a set of communication sessions based on the set of communication devices to identify the active communication session; and placing by the processor the first communication device in the active communication session.