Abstract: Providing a user experience on a multimodal communications terminal configured to communicate according to a plurality of communication includes: executing a single application that provides a user experience (UX) for controlling user selection of preferences of the plurality of communication methods when originating or receiving communication sessions; and providing, via the single application, a selectable control that is persistent such that the selectable control is displayed in any screen of the single application, wherein the control allows selection of one of the plurality of communication methods to use for a particular communication session.

Abstract: Providing a user experience on a multimodal communications terminal configured to communicate according to a plurality of communication includes: executing a single application that provides a user experience (UX) for controlling user selection of preferences of the plurality of communication methods when originating or receiving communication sessions; and providing, via the single application, a selectable control that is persistent such that the selectable control is displayed in any screen of the single application, wherein the control allows selection of one of the plurality of communication methods to use for a particular communication session.

Abstract: System and method of application configuration using DNS-based service discovery, the method including: determining a network domain of a user; retrieving PTR, SRV and TXT records from a DNS server associated with the network domain; enumerating service instances based upon the retrieved PTR, SRV and TXT records; receiving a selection of a service instance from the user; constructing a service instance URL from the selected service instance; attempting to retrieve a settings file by use of the service instance URL; and applying configuration settings from the retrieved settings file.

Abstract: System and method to provide an improved user experience for session requests at a multimodal communication terminal, the method including: providing a first user preference, to a server, for incoming communication sessions; receiving, at a first time, by the multimodal communication terminal, an indication of an incoming communication session; enabling control of a session delivery technique of the incoming communication session by use of a user experience; receiving a second user preference, from a user of the multimodal communication terminal, for outgoing communication sessions; receiving, at a second time, by the multimodal communication terminal, a request to establish an outgoing communication session; determining existence of a second predetermined condition, relevant to outgoing communication methods; selecting an outgoing communication method based upon existence of the second predetermined condition and the second user preference; and enabling control of the outgoing communication session by use of

Abstract: System and method of application configuration using DNS-based service discovery, the method including: determining a network domain of a user; retrieving PTR, SRV and TXT records from a DNS server associated with the network domain; enumerating service instances based upon the retrieved PTR, SRV and TXT records; receiving a selection of a service instance from the user; constructing a service instance URL from the selected service instance; attempting to retrieve a settings file by use of the service instance URL; and applying configuration settings from the retrieved settings file.