System and method for providing reservationless third party meeting rooms
First Claim
1. A method for conducting a conference using a virtual meeting room server managed by a third party, comprising:
- allocating at least one dial-in number to the third party, wherein the dial-in number provides connectivity to at least one virtual meeting room and is associated with a profile defining the capabilities of the virtual meeting room;
receiving calls from callers to the dial-in number to start or join a conference in the virtual meeting room;
in response to each received call, determining at the third party virtual meeting room server whether the caller can be connected to the virtual meeting room; and
if the caller can be connected, connecting the caller to the virtual meeting room.
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Abstract
A video and/or audio conferencing system having virtual meeting room services is disclosed. The virtual meeting room services enables a third party to control and manage one or more virtual meeting rooms. Each third party organization may receive one or more dial in numbers, which is associated with a profile that defines the type of the conference that can be conducted. The profile defines the “capabilities” of the virtual meeting room, such as the maximum number of conferees, type of conference, type of endpoints, transcoding and protocol requirement, etc. Each virtual meeting room may have an NID (Numerical Identification) used by the peers along with the dial-in number to join the virtual meeting room.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for conducting a conference using a virtual meeting room server managed by a third party, comprising:
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allocating at least one dial-in number to the third party, wherein the dial-in number provides connectivity to at least one virtual meeting room and is associated with a profile defining the capabilities of the virtual meeting room;
receiving calls from callers to the dial-in number to start or join a conference in the virtual meeting room;
in response to each received call, determining at the third party virtual meeting room server whether the caller can be connected to the virtual meeting room; and
if the caller can be connected, connecting the caller to the virtual meeting room. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for conducting a conference using a virtual meeting room server, comprising:
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a multipoint control unit;
a virtual meeting room server managed by a third party and coupled to the multipoint control unit via a network;
a plurality of multimedia terminals communicatively coupled to the multipoint control unit, wherein at least one of the multimedia terminals is associated with a moderator terminal that is communicatively coupled to the virtual meeting room server; and
wherein virtual meeting room server is operative to;
(i) receive a request from the moderator terminal to schedule a virtual meeting room, and (ii) assess whether a particular virtual meeting room is available and notifying the moderator terminal of the same. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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