Patent ID: 7814150

Claim:
A method for initiating an online meeting over a data network between a host party with a first computer and an attendee party with a second computer, where a phone connection exists over a telephone network between a first phone of the host party and a second phone of the attendee party, the method comprising: receiving a start meeting command at an input mechanism of a first adaptor coupled to both the first phone and the first computer; in response to the first adaptor receiving the start meeting command, causing, by the first adaptor, the first computer to send a start meeting message over the data network to a data center; receiving, at the first adaptor from the first computer, a meeting identification that was generated by the data center; storing the meeting identification in the first adaptor; and transmitting the meeting identification from the first adaptor over the telephone network to a second adaptor, which is coupled to both the second phone and the second computer.