Patent ID: 7457254

Claim:
A system for negotiating a common language, the system comprising: a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network; and a host system in communication with the VoIP network, the host system including VoIP software to implement the following: allowing a plurality of users to connect to the VoIP network, each of the plurality of users having at least one of a plurality of VoIP compatible transmitting/receiving devices; configuring each of the plurality of VoIP compatible transmitting/receiving devices with a list of a plurality of languages, each of the plurality of languages having a priority level associated therewith; allowing automatic selection of a common language between two or more of the plurality of users on a joint VoIP call by performing a language handshake algorithm; wherein the automatic selection includes; summing priority levels associated with each common language from the two or more of the plurality of users; and selecting the common language that provides the largest sum of priority levels.