System and method for signaling using instant messaging in multimedia telephony-over-lan conferences
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1. A telecommunications method, comprising:
- establishing an instant messaging session among a plurality of users;
using an instant messaging channel of said instant messaging session to establish a multimedia over IP session among said users.
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Abstract
A telecommunications system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an instant messaging (IM) server (106) and a VoIP server (110); and a plurality of system clients having both VolP and IM sub-clients. The system clients can log on to their respective servers in parallel. The IM server (106) and the VoIP server (110) can communicate lists of common participants and allow for IM conferences among at least subsets of the system clients while an audio or video teleconference is ongoing.
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19 Claims
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1. A telecommunications method, comprising:
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establishing an instant messaging session among a plurality of users;
using an instant messaging channel of said instant messaging session to establish a multimedia over IP session among said users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A telecommunications device, comprising:
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a multimedia packet network client;
an Instant Messaging client, said Instant Messaging client adapted to provide signaling control for said multimedia packet client. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a packet network;
a plurality of network clients operably coupled to said network, said network clients including a plurality of telephony clients and an associated plurality of Instant Messaging clients;
a teleconferencing server operably coupled to said packet network; and
an Instant Messaging server operably coupled to said packet network;
wherein signaling for said telephony clients is adapted to be provided by said Instant Messaging clients. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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