Systems and methods for videoconference and/or data collaboration initiation
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- accepting information regarding an audio communication session among a set of audio communication terminals, wherein each of a subset of the audio communication terminals is associated with a data collaboration terminal; and
initiating a data collaboration session for an associated data collaboration terminal, using an audio communication terminal.
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Abstract
Systems and methods to accept information regarding audio communication sessions (e.g, telephone calls) and, in response, initiate a videoconference and/or data collaboration session via for example data collaboration terminals associated with the audio terminals used for the audio communication sessions. The videoconferences and/or data collaboration sessions may be initiated using for example a voice call or session, for example, by using DTMF, SMS, SVD etc. The information required for the initiation of a videoconference or data collaboration session may for example be transmitted between user terminals, a centralized database may be used, or other methods may be used.
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61 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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accepting information regarding an audio communication session among a set of audio communication terminals, wherein each of a subset of the audio communication terminals is associated with a data collaboration terminal; and
initiating a data collaboration session for an associated data collaboration terminal, using an audio communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method comprising:
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receiving information regarding an audio session among a plurality of audio communication devices;
for each audio communication device, determining which, if any, of a set of data collaboration terminals are associated with the audio communication device; and
initiating a data collaboration session among the data collaboration terminals associated with the audio communication devices, using an audio communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system comprising:
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an SMS server;
a server; and
an Internet location server in communication with the SMS server and the server;
wherein when the Internet location server receives signals from the SMS server indicating that an audio session is taking place among a plurality of endpoints, the Internet location server transmits a signal to the server, and the server, upon receipt of the signal, initiates a data collaboration session between the plurality of endpoints. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method comprising:
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during an audio session between a plurality of users, receiving unique ID data from an audio communication terminal;
initiating a data collaboration session by a user, using SMS;
sending said SMS to an Internet location server;
sending an indication to an audio communication terminal to initiate a data collaboration session; and
remotely activating a data collaboration session. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method comprising:
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directing a voice call to a voice gateway, and to a PSTN switch;
directing the voice call to an audio conference bridge, using DTMF signals; and
initiating a video/data session between two or more users, by a multipoint conference unit. - View Dependent Claims (52)
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53. A device comprising:
a controller to accept information regarding an audio communication session among a set of audio communication terminals, wherein each of a subset of the audio communication terminals is associated with a data collaboration terminal; and
to initiate a data collaboration session for an associated data collaboration terminal, using an audio communication terminal.- View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A system comprising:
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a plurality of data collaboration terminals, each data collaboration terminal including videoconferencing application software and a network interface;
a voice gateway;
a PSTN switch;
and audio conference bridge; and
a multipoint conference unit to enable initiation of a data collaboration session between at least two data collaboration terminals, based on information relating to the audio sessions.
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