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METHOD FOR ALLOCATING A COMMUNICATION RIGHT, COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE SESSION SERVER AND COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE SESSION SERVER ARRANGEMENT

  • US 20070058573A1
  • Filed: 08/09/2006
  • Published: 03/15/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for allocating a communication right in a first communication conference session between a first plurality of subscribers, comprising:

  • determining, after a communication right has been requested by a first subscriber in the first communication conference session, whether a communication right has been granted to a different subscriber in a second communication conference session between a second plurality of subscribers, at least one second subscriber of the first plurality of subscribers in the first communication conference session also being a subscriber in the second communication conference session, the second subscriber participating in the first communication conference session and in the second communication conference session by means of a subscriber server assigned to the second subscriber, and the process of determining whether a communication right has been granted to a different subscriber in the second communication conference session being carried out by the subscriber server assigned to the second subscriber;

    denying the first subscriber the requested communication right when a communication right has been granted to a subscriber in the second communication conference; and

    granting the first subscriber the requested communication right when a communication right has not been granted to any subscriber in the second communication conference session.

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