SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINING A CONFERENCE CALL OR MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving conference information from a multimedia terminal associated with a telephony terminal, the conference information comprising an access code identifying a conference call supported by an audio bridge;
effecting establishment of a call between the telephony terminal and the audio bridge to enable the telephony terminal to join the conference call; and
effecting delivery of the access code to the audio bridge for conference call.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an efficient way for a conference participant to initiate a call into an audio bridge to join a conference call. To initiate the call into the audio bridge, a multimedia terminal sends to a conference server an address for a telephony terminal, an address for the audio bridge, and an access code. The conference server will instruct a call server to establish a bearer path for the call between the telephony terminal and the audio bridge using the respective addresses. The conference server also provides the access code to the call server, which delivers the access code to the audio bridge in association with establishing the call into the audio bridge. The audio bridge uses the access code to identify the conference call to which the call between the telephony terminal and the audio bridge should join, and adds the call to the conference call.
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27 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving conference information from a multimedia terminal associated with a telephony terminal, the conference information comprising an access code identifying a conference call supported by an audio bridge; effecting establishment of a call between the telephony terminal and the audio bridge to enable the telephony terminal to join the conference call; and effecting delivery of the access code to the audio bridge for conference call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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at least one communication interface; and a control system associated with the at least one communication interface and adapted to; receive conference information from a multimedia terminal associated with a telephony terminal, the conference information comprising an access code identifying a conference call supported by an audio bridge; effect establishment of a call between the telephony terminal and the audio bridge to enable the telephony terminal to join the conference call; and effect delivery of the access code to the audio bridge for the conference call. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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