Patent ID: 7673010

Claim:
A client terminal configured to support network based communications to a family of client terminals, the client terminal comprising: a host processing circuit; an internal memory accessible to the host processing circuitry; a user interface coupled to the host processing circuit, wherein the user interface captures and presents user communications; at least one network interface, coupled to the host processing circuit, wherein the at least network interface couples the client terminal to at least one servicing network; wherein the client terminal is within the family of client terminals, and each client terminal within the family of client terminals stores client handle, metadata used to manage the network based communication delivery within the family of client terminals, including likelihood of user proximity to the client terminal information, and network address information associated with each client terminal within the family of client terminals; and wherein a visual call announcement is delivered by all client terminals within the family of client terminals, and an audible call announcement is delivered to a client terminal within the family of client terminals having a likelihood of user proximity above a predetermined threshold.