Patent ID: 8320349

Claim:
A method of operation of a combined user agent to facilitate a media communication session between a plurality of communication clients and at least one remote communication client, the method comprising: registering a plurality of communication clients with the combined user agent; determining a relative proximity between at least two of the registered plurality of communication clients; receiving a request to establish a communication session with the at least one remote communication client; selecting at least two of the registered plurality of communication clients based on the determined relative proximity between the at least two of the plurality of registered communication clients; and facilitating signaling with the at least one remote communication client and the selected at least two of the plurality of registered communication clients to establish a plurality of media sessions, which are at least part of the requested communication session, between the at least one remote communication client and the selected at least two of the plurality of registered communication clients, wherein the combined user agent presents a single communication address to the at least one remote communication client on behalf of the selected at least two of the plurality of registered communication clients, such that initial communication between the at least one remote communication client and one of the at least two of the plurality of registered communication clients occurs via the combined user agent.