Policy based provisioning of web conferences
First Claim
1. A Web conference provisioning system comprising a policy manager coupled to at least two different Web conferencing platforms over a computer communications network, said policy manager having a configuration for processing a request for a Web conferencing from a communicatively linked end user to select one of said Web conferencing platforms to host said Web conference.
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for the policy driven provisioning of a Web conference. A Web conference provisioning system can include a policy manager coupled to at least two different Web conferencing platforms over a computer communications network. The policy manager can have a configuration for processing a request for a Web conferencing from a communicatively linked end user to select one of the Web conferencing platforms to host the Web conference. Preferably, two of the different Web conferencing platforms can include a CPE based platform and a hosted platform.
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17 Claims
- 1. A Web conference provisioning system comprising a policy manager coupled to at least two different Web conferencing platforms over a computer communications network, said policy manager having a configuration for processing a request for a Web conferencing from a communicatively linked end user to select one of said Web conferencing platforms to host said Web conference.
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8. A Web conference provisioning method comprising the steps of:
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establishing criteria for a proposed Web conference; and
,applying at least one policy to said criteria to identify a platform for hosting said proposed Web conference. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program for Web conference provisioning, the computer program comprising a routine set of instructions which when executed by a machine causes the machine to perform the steps of:
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establishing criteria for a proposed Web conference; and
,applying at least one policy to said criteria to identify a platform for hosting said proposed Web conference. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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