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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2007
Lester F. Ludwig, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
J. Chris Lauwers, Mountain View, CA (US);
Keith A. Lantz, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gerald J. Burnett, Atherton, CA (US);
Emmett R. Burns, Florence, MT (US);
Lester F. Ludwig, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
J. Chris Lauwers, Mountain View, CA (US);
Keith A. Lantz, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gerald J. Burnett, Atherton, CA (US);
Emmett R. Burns, Florence, MT (US);
Avistar Communications Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
First and second users log in using at least one of a plurality of respective communication devices. Address information of the communication devices used by the first and second users to log in are sent to respective first and second servers, separated from each other by at least one wide area network. A user identifier for the second user is displayed in a quick dial list of user identifiers selected by the first user. The first user selects the displayed second user's identifier to request communication with the second user. The first user also selects a communication type. In response, the first server is queried to obtain the current address information for the selected second user. The received address information is used to establish the selected communication type, over the wide area network, between the first and second users.