Patent ID: 7599362

Claim:
A method for initiating a communication link from a first communication terminal to a second communication terminal, comprising the steps of: sensing input of an address number in the first communication terminal, representing a communication address for the second communication terminal; retrieving information associated with the communication address of the second communication terminal; presenting the retrieved information on a display of the first communication terminal; retrieving information related to selectable communication channels usable for communication with second communication terminal; presenting, on a display of the first communication terminal, a plurality of selectable items only representing the usable communication channels, responsive to sensing input of an address number; setting up a communication link to the second communication terminal through a selected one of the plurality of usable communication channels; and presenting, when the selected communication channel is a messaging channel, a get data option selectable to retrieve data from a memory of the first communication terminal and to include the retrieved data in a message addressed to the second communication terminal.