US Patent 7139370 Using hyperlinks to establish call sessions

A communication system includes various terminals that are capable of establishing call sessions over a data network. Each of the terminals includes a display in which hyperlinks can be presented. User selection of the hyperlinks is communicated to one or more application routines, which generates requests based on information (e.g., uniform resource locators) associated with the selected hyperlinks. The requests cause generation of call requests over the data network to establish call sessions between terminals.