Patent ID: 7432951

Claim:
A computational component for performing a method, the method comprising: in response to an initiation of a telephony communication between a first communication endpoint and a second communication endpoint over a first communication channel, determining whether said second communication endpoint is video communication enabled, wherein said first communication endpoint is video enabled, wherein the first communication endpoint includes a telephone functionality that does not itself provide any video functionality, a video functionality that is separate from said telephony functionality, and a first integrator application, wherein the second communication endpoint includes a telephony functionality that does not itself provide any video functionality, a video functionality that is separate from said telephony functionality, and a second integrator application, wherein said determining whether said second communication endpoint is video communication enabled is performed by said first integrator application; and in response to determining that said second communication endpoint is video enabled, said first integrator application initiating a video communication between said first communication endpoint and said second communication endpoint over a second communication channel, and said second integrator application activating a video device associated with the second communication endpoint.