System for providing continuity between messaging clients and method therefor

摘要

A method for providing continuity between a plurality of messaging clients (14, 20, 26, 250, 252) of a messaging communication system (10, 170) comprises establishing (388) a first communication connection between a first messaging client (14) and a message server (172), accumulating (400) a plurality of client data that includes session history data for the first communication connection, transferring (436) the plurality of client data from the first messaging client (14) directly to a second messaging client (20), and establishing (412) a second communication connection including the plurality of client data between the second messaging client (20) and the message server (172).