Activating a peer-to-peer communication channel

One or more computer servers operating as part of a cloud environment, the one or more computer servers configured, via computer-executable instructions, to perform operations for initiating communications with a remote computing device over a first communication channel, the operations comprising:

• determining an address associated with a second communication channel of the remote computing device, wherein determining the address associated with the second communication channel of the remote computing device comprises obtaining a cached device identifier associated with the remote computing device, wherein the device identifier associated with the remote computing device was cached during an earlier connection over the first communication channel;
• transmitting a network packet addressed to the remote computing device over the second communication channel for causing the remote computing device to begin a sequence to activate the first communication channel;
• and
• initiating communication over the first communication channel with the remote computing device at a different address associated with the first communication channel.