Method and apparatus for providing ambient social telephony
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1. A method for notifying a particular user, the method comprising:
- monitoring, by a processor, an ongoing conference call;
detecting, by the processor, a triggering event during the ongoing conference call registered for the particular user, wherein the particular user is not a participant in the ongoing conference call, wherein the ongoing conference call is not scheduled for the particular user, wherein the triggering event comprises a key gesture of interest to the particular user that is pre-registered by the particular user and detected during the ongoing conference call between other users on the ongoing conference call; and
notifying, by the processor, the particular user to receive a recorded portion of the ongoing conference call in response to detecting the pre-registered triggering event.
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Abstract
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a communications service in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a conference call, detects a triggering event during the conference call registered for a particular user, wherein the particular user is not a participant in the conference call, and notifies the particular user of the triggering event.
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1. A method for notifying a particular user, the method comprising:
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monitoring, by a processor, an ongoing conference call; detecting, by the processor, a triggering event during the ongoing conference call registered for the particular user, wherein the particular user is not a participant in the ongoing conference call, wherein the ongoing conference call is not scheduled for the particular user, wherein the triggering event comprises a key gesture of interest to the particular user that is pre-registered by the particular user and detected during the ongoing conference call between other users on the ongoing conference call; and notifying, by the processor, the particular user to receive a recorded portion of the ongoing conference call in response to detecting the pre-registered triggering event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for notifying a particular user, the operations comprising:
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monitoring an ongoing conference call; detecting a triggering event during the ongoing conference call registered for the particular user, wherein the particular user is not a participant in the ongoing conference call, wherein the ongoing conference call is not scheduled for the particular user, wherein the triggering event comprises a key gesture of interest to the particular user that is pre-registered by the particular user and detected during the ongoing conference call between other users on the ongoing conference call; and notifying the particular user to receive a recorded portion of the ongoing conference call in response to detecting the pre-registered triggering event. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for notifying a particular user, the apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor perform operations, the operations comprising; monitoring an ongoing conference call; detecting a triggering event during the ongoing conference call registered for the particular user, wherein the particular user is not a participant in the ongoing conference call, wherein the ongoing conference call is not scheduled for the particular user, wherein the triggering event comprises a key gesture of interest to the particular user that is pre-registered by the particular user and detected during the ongoing conference call between other users on the ongoing conference call; and notifying the particular user to receive a recorded portion of the ongoing conference call in response to detecting the pre-registered triggering event. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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