Patent ID: 7444139

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving at a switch, from an originating station, an origination message carrying dialed digits, the dialed digits including (i) a session-initiation feature code and (ii) a target code indicating at least one target with which to establish a real-time media session via a communication server; responsively signaling from the switch to a service controller, wherein responsively signaling from the switch to the service controller comprises (a) detecting the session-initiation feature code as an intelligent network trigger and (b) responsively sending a signaling message to the service controller, the signaling message carryying (i) the target code and (ii) an originating station identifier; signaling from the service controller to the communication server, pursuant to service logic at the service controller; and the communication server responsively inviting the originating station and the at least one target to participate in the real-time media session via the communication server.