SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USING ONLINE COMMUNITY IDENTITIES OF USERS TO ESTABLISH MOBILE COMMUNICATION SESSIONS

摘要

A system is disclosed that provides functionality for two users to establish multi-modal communication services including voice, messaging, and instance messaging on mobile devices using one or more online community identities. Based on the online identity and profile of a first user of on an online community, a second user may initiate a communications session request to the first user. A service bridging server may incorporate the profile and other information such as presence status of the second user into the session request message and then send the session request to the mobile client of the first user. The first user can act on the session request with a range of disposition options and multiple modes of communication types on the first user mobile device based on the online community identity of the first user and the second user.