A system and method for identifying and establishing preferred modalities or channels for communications based on participants' preferences and capabilities is provided. In one approach, the system attempts to optimize the inferred or directly accessed preferences of a contactee given the accessed or...http://www.google.com/patents/US20060041648?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20060041648 - System and method for identifying and establishing preferred modalities or channels for communications based on participants' preferences and contexts