Multi-media communication management system with multicast messaging capabilities
First Claim
1. A multi-media communication management system for operation with a plurality of subscriber stations, the multi-media communication management system comprising:
- a network communication circuit for multi-media communication with said plurality of subscriber stations;
a control module for establishing a communication session with the subscriber stations through the network communication circuit, the control module comprising;
means for receiving an indication of a plurality of recipients selected to receive a multi-cast message;
means for identifying a plurality of recipient subscriber stations, each recipient subscriber station being one of the plurality of subscriber stations that is associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of recipients;
means for transmitting a message to each one of the recipient subscriber stations to participate in a session group; and
means for multi-casting a message to the recipient subscriber stations that are participating in said session group.
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Abstract
The multi-media communication management system comprises a controller that interfaces with a plurality of communication space stations and with one or more communication medium service providers. The controller provides for multicasting or real time voice communications to selected recipients. To provide such multicasting, the controller receives a recipient list of subscribers to include in the multicast session. The controller identifies a communication space station serving a subscriber device associated with each recipient and invites such communication space station to the multicast session. If a recipient'"'"'s subscriber device is not served by a communication space station, the multicast message is packaged as an audio file and sent to the recipient by e-mail.
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18 Claims
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1. A multi-media communication management system for operation with a plurality of subscriber stations, the multi-media communication management system comprising:
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a network communication circuit for multi-media communication with said plurality of subscriber stations;
a control module for establishing a communication session with the subscriber stations through the network communication circuit, the control module comprising;
means for receiving an indication of a plurality of recipients selected to receive a multi-cast message;
means for identifying a plurality of recipient subscriber stations, each recipient subscriber station being one of the plurality of subscriber stations that is associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of recipients;
means for transmitting a message to each one of the recipient subscriber stations to participate in a session group; and
means for multi-casting a message to the recipient subscriber stations that are participating in said session group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of multicasting a voice message to selected subscribers to a multimedia communication management system, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a plurality of recipients selected to receive a multicast message;
identifying a plurality of recipient subscriber stations, each recipient subscriber station being a subscriber station that is associated with a one of said plurality of selected to receive the multi-cast message;
transmitting a message to each one of the recipient subscriber stations to participate in a session group; and
multi-casting a message to the recipient subscriber stations that are participating in said session group. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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