Patent ID: 8160567

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving at a network element, from a first telecommunications enabled device, a first control connection request directed to a second telecommunications enabled device and a second control connection request directed to a third telecommunications enabled device, wherein the first control connection request comprises a request for access to one or more functionalities of the second telecommunications enabled device and wherein the second control connection request comprises a request for access to one or more functionalities of the third telecommunications enabled device; verifying that the second telecommunications enabled device supports the first control connection request by transmitting a first verification query to a connection request database; verifying that the third telecommunications enabled device supports the second control connection request by transmitting a second verification query to the connection request database, wherein the connection request database comprises data identifying one or more authorized users and further comprises one or more programmed routines to authorize one or more control connection requests; verifying that the first telecommunications enabled device is authorized to obtain a first control connection to the second telecommunications enabled device at least based on an identification of a user of the first telecommunications enabled device; verifying that the first telecommunications enabled device is authorized to obtain a second control connection to the third telecommunications enabled device at least based on the identification of the user of the first telecommunications enabled device; connecting the first control connection to the second telecommunications enabled device wherein the first control connection is connected without requiring user input at the second telecommunications enabled device to answer the first control connection request; connecting the second control connection to the third telecommunications enabled device wherein the second control connection is connected without requiring user input at the third telecommunications enabled device to answer the second control connection request; and providing concurrent access to the one or more functionalities of the second telecommunications enabled device and the one or more functionalities of the third telecommunications enabled device to the first telecommunications enabled device through the first control connection and the second control connection.