Patent ID: 7639789

Claim:
A method of simplifying a connection to a candidate party from a first portable communication device associated with a first party in relation to a session between the first party and a second portable communication device associated with a second party, the method comprising: engaging in a first communication session between the first party and the second party by the first portable communication device and the second portable communication device; receiving, by the first portable communication device, an electronic message from the second party; determining, by the first portable communication device, if the electronic message is a message associated with the first communication session, including contacting identity data for reaching the candidate party, by comparing a time that the electronic message was sent with times of communication sessions in a record of communication sessions and determining if the time that the electronic message was sent corresponds to a time of a communication session in the record of communication sessions; and if the electronic message is a message associated with the first communication session including contacting identity data, extracting the contacting identity data from the electronic message, offering the first party to connect to the candidate party, and if the first party accepts the offer, initiating a connection to the candidate party using the contacting identity data.