Imera Systems, Inc.

Budi Sutardja

Jaushin Lee

Chunchau Lin

A method for addressing an entity for an internet-based service other than electronic mailing includes selecting a prefix that is uniquely associated the internet-based service, providing an email address for the entity, where the email address includes a username and domain, and attaching the prefix to the domain to convert automatically the email address into an address for the entity for the internet-based service.

Distributed and scalable instant multimedia communication system

A distributed instant multimedia communication (IMC) system that allows users to communicate with one another in real-time includes a plurality of autonomous networks. Each autonomous network includes at least one server that supports (IMC) sessions for a plurality of clients registered on the server, and a multi-point switch unit coupled to the server(s) that sends data out of and receives data into the autonomous network, and routes data within the autonomous network through the server(s). In addition the IMC system includes a network coupled to the autonomous networks. The network sends data between the autonomous networks so that the autonomous networks can communicate with one another. Because each autonomous network is capable of communicating with other autonomous networks in a secure manner over the network, two or more clients in one or more autonomous networks can conduct a secure IMC session with one another without requiring an independent service provider.

A method for supporting a communication application between a plurality of enterprises in a secure manner, where each enterprise includes a plurality of clients, includes providing a distributed instant multimedia communication (IMC) system that includes a plurality of autonomous networks communicatively coupled to one another via a network. Each autonomous network is associated with an enterprise and includes an IMC server that manages IMC services for a plurality of clients in the enterprise, The IMC server is configured to support a private channel that allows each client in the enterprise to share its presence information with other clients in other enterprises. The method also includes providing the communication application in a first client in a first enterprise such that a user of the first client is allowed to invoke and control the communication application locally, and allowing the user of the first client to invoke the communication application to create application specific data and to create a recipient list comprising a recipient client in a second enterprise. The application specific data and the recipient list are received by a first IMC server associated with the first enterprise, and in response to receiving the application specific data and recipient list, utilizes the private channel to transmit the application specific data to the recipient client in the second enterprise.

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