Voice channel management in a communication system

A communication system configured to manage communication channels, comprising:

• a first near field communication (NFC) equipped communication device;
• a second NFC equipped communication device;
• and
• a communication server;
• wherein
• the first and second NFC equipped communication devices being wirelessly communicable with the communication server and comprising one or more processors configured to execute instructions to create a temporary communication channel, the instructions to:
• cause an NFC transaction when the first and second NFC equipped communication devices are placed into close enough proximity of one another, the NFC transaction comprising generating a transaction identifier that is temporarily available to the first and the second NFC equipped communication devices;
• send a first channel establishment message from the first NFC equipped communication device to the communication server, the channel establishment message comprising the transaction identifier;
• send a second channel establishment message from the second NFC equipped communication device to the communication server, the second channel establishment message comprising the transaction identifier;
• and
• the communication server, comprising one or more processors configured to execute instructions to create a temporary communication channel, the instructions to:
• receive the first and the second channel establishment messages from the first and the second NFC equipped communication devices;
• compare the transaction identifier received from the first NFC equipped communication device in the first channel establishment message with the transaction identifier received from the second NFC equipped communication device in the second channel establishment message;
• and
• when the transaction identifiers from the first and the second NFC equipped communication devices are identical, establish a temporary communication channel to allow voice communication between the first and the second NFC equipped communication devices.

Non-transitory computer-readable mediums comprising a plurality of instructions that when executed enable processing circuitry to execute instructions to manage communication channels in a communication system, the instructions to:

• cause an NFC transaction when a first and a second NFC equipped communication device are placed into close enough proximity of one another, the NFC transaction comprising generating a transaction identifier that is temporarily available to the first and the second NFC equipped communication devices;
• send a first channel establishment message from the first NFC equipped communication device to the communication server, the channel establishment message comprising the transaction identifier;
• send a second channel establishment message from the second NFC equipped communication device to the communication server, the second channel establishment message comprising the transaction identifier;
• receive the first and the second channel establishment messages from the first and the second NFC equipped communication devices;
• compare the transaction identifier received from the first NFC equipped communication device in the first channel establishment message with the transaction identifier received from the second NFC equipped communication device in the second channel establishment message;
• and
• when the transaction identifiers from the first and the second NFC equipped communication devices are identical, establish a temporary communication channel to allow voice communication between the first and the second NFC equipped communication devices.