Patent ID: 7050557

Claim:
An e-mail communication method comprising the steps of: inserting a voice conference identifier in an e-mail message from an initiating party to a recipient party, the voice conference identifier comprising a voice conference call list specifying a data source of potential conference call nodes and further comprising an executable voice communications link program component, the executable voice communications link program component comprising a binary representation of a compiled object for establishing a voice communications link between the conference call nodes; transmitting said e-mail message to the recipient party at a recipient node; causing the recipient node to display a plurality of selectable voice communications icons in response to detection of the voice conference identifier at the recipient node, each selectable voice communications icon uniquely corresponding to a particular conference call node specified by the data source; and establishing a voice communications link between the recipient node and at least one conference call node using the executable voice communications link program component in response to a selection of at least one of the plurality of selectable voice communications icons.