SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEPARATION OF CALL ORIGINATION AND CALL DELIVERY TECHNIQUES

1 . A method to provide an improved user experience for session requests at a multimodal communication terminal, comprising:

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 supported by the multimodal communication terminal;

selecting an outgoing communication method based upon existence of the second predetermined condition and the second user preference; and

enabling control of a session origination technique of the outgoing communication session by use of the user experience;

wherein the selected incoming communication method is independent of the selected outgoing communication method.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the incoming communication session is based upon the first user preference and existence of a first predetermined condition.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein existence of the second predetermined condition is evaluated at approximately the second time.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first predetermined condition and the second predetermined condition comprises user presence information.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the multimodal communication terminal comprises a user-activatable control to select at least one of the first user preference and the second user preference.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the user-activatable control comprises a persistent control configured to persist over a plurality of communication sessions.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the multimodal communication terminal comprises an autonomous selection module to select at least one of the session origination technique and the session delivery technique, without selection of a technique by the user.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

presenting a first user experience to a user of the multimodal communication terminal based upon the selected incoming session communication method; and

presenting a second user experience to a user of the multimodal communication terminal based upon the selected outgoing session communication method,

wherein the first user experience and second user experience are independent.

9 . A multimodal communication terminal, comprising:

a transmitter configured to provide a first user preference, to a server, for incoming communication sessions;

a receiver configured to receive, at a first time, by the multimodal communication terminal, an indication of an incoming communication session;

a user interface module configured to enable control of a session delivery technique of the incoming communication session by use of a user experience;

a receiver configured to receive a second user preference, from a user of the multimodal communication terminal, for outgoing communication sessions;

a receiver configured to receive, at a second time, by the multimodal communication terminal, a request to establish an outgoing communication session;

a network status module configured to determine existence of a second predetermined condition, relevant to outgoing communication methods supported by the multimodal communication terminal;

a mode selection module configured to select an outgoing communication method based upon existence of the second predetermined condition and the second user preference; and

a user interface module configured to enable control of a session origination technique of the outgoing communication session by use of the user experience;

wherein the selected incoming communication method is independent of the selected outgoing communication method.

10 . The multimodal communication terminal of claim 9 , wherein the incoming communication session is based upon the first user preference and existence of a first predetermined condition.

11 . The multimodal communication terminal of claim 9 , wherein existence of the second predetermined condition is evaluated at approximately the second time.

12 . The multimodal communication terminal of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first predetermined condition and the second predetermined condition comprises user presence information.

13 . The multimodal communication terminal of claim 9 , wherein the multimodal communication terminal further comprises a user-activatable control to select at least one of the session origination technique and the session delivery technique.

14 . The multimodal communication terminal of claim 9 , wherein the multimodal communication terminal comprises an autonomous selection module to select at least one of the session origination technique and the session delivery technique, without selection of a technique by the user.

15 . The multimodal communication terminal of claim 13 , wherein the user-activatable control comprises a persistent control configured to persist over a plurality of communication sessions.

16 . The multimodal communication terminal of claim 9 , further comprising:

a user interface manager module configured to present a first user experience to a user of the multimodal communication terminal based upon the selected incoming session communication method, and to present a second user experience to a user of the multimodal communication terminal based upon the selected outgoing session communication method,

wherein the first user experience and second user experience are independent.