SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING CONFERENCE EVENTS

• US 20080226050A1
• Filed: 03/16/2007
• Published: 09/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Leppisaari, Arto, Leppanen, Eva-Maria
• Application Number:
  US11/687,610
• Publication Number:
  US 20080226050A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/202.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2038 Call context notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/5063 Centrally initiated conference, i.e. conference server dials participants
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/565 relating to time schedule aspects

Abstract

A system and method for providing additional information to conference participants with regard to a predefined conference event such as scheduled conference. In various embodiments, outgoing conference indications include an identifier that indicates to a recipient that the conference invitation is being sent due to the occurrence of a scheduled event and/or due to the occurrence of other conditions being met.

Claims

1. A method of providing information to at least one device about a conference event, comprising:

determining whether at least one predefined condition for the initiation of the conference event has been met; and

if the at least one predefined condition for the conference event has been met, transmitting to the at least one device an invitation to join the conference event, the invitation including an indication that the invitation is related to the conference event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the conference event comprises a scheduled conference.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one predefined condition comprises a scheduled date and time for the conference event to begin.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one predefined condition comprises at least one of a condition related to the location of intended conference participants and a condition related to the availability of intended conference participants.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the conference event comprises a specific scheduled calendar appointment.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication is included in one of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE request, a SIP UPDATE request and a SIP REFER request.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the indication comprises an iCalendar unique identifier value.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the iCalendar unique identifier is included in a “

Call-Info”

header field of the respective SIP INVITE request, SIP UPDATE request, or SIP REFER request.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication comprises a link to detailed information relating to the conference event.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication is included in a Globally Routable User Agent Uniform Resource Identifier.

11. A computer program product, embodied in a computer-readable medium, comprising computer code for performing the processes of claim 1.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor and including;

computer code for determining whether at least one predefined condition for the initiation of a conference event has been met; and

computer code for, if the at least one predefined condition for the conference event has been met, transmitting to the at least one device an invitation to join the conference event, the invitation including an indication that the invitation is related to the conference event.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the conference event comprises a scheduled conference.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the at least one predefined condition comprises a scheduled date and time for the conference event to begin.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one predefined condition comprises at least one of a condition related to the location of intended conference participants and a condition related to the availability of intended conference participants.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the scheduled event comprises a specific scheduled calendar appointment.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the indication is included in one of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE request, a SIP UPDATE request and a SIP REFER request.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the indication comprises an iCalendar unique identifier value.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the iCalendar unique identifier is included in a “

Call-Info”

header field of the respective SIP INVITE request, SIP UPDATE request, or SIP REFER request.

20. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the indication comprises a link to detailed information relating to the conference event.

21. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the indication is included in a Globally Routable User Agent Uniform Resource Identifier.

22. A method of processing information about a conference event, comprising:

receiving an invitation to join the conference event from a conference server; and

processing an indication included within the invitation, the indication indicating that the invitation is related to the conference event.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the conference event comprises a scheduled conference.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the indication is included one of in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE request, a SIP UPDATE request and a SIP REFER request.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the indication comprises an iCalendar unique identifier value.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the iCalendar unique identifier is included in a “

Call-Info”

header field of respective the SIP INVITE request, SIP UPDATE request or SIP REFER request.

27. The method of claim 22, wherein the indication comprises a link to detailed information relating to the conference event.

28. The method of claim 22, wherein the indication is included in a Globally Routable User Agent Uniform Resource Identifier.

29. A computer program product, embodied in a computer-readable medium, comprising computer code for performing the processes of claim 22.

31. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the conference event comprises a scheduled conference.

32. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the indication is included in one of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE request, a SIP UPDATE request and a SIP REFER request.

33. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the indication comprises an iCalendar unique identifier value.

34. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the iCalendar unique identifier is included in a “

Call-Info”

header field of the respective SIP INVITE request, SIP UPDATE request or SIP REFER request.

35. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the indication is included in a Globally Routable User Agent Uniform Resource Identifier.

30. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor,

wherein the apparatus is configured to;

receive an invitation to join the conference event from a conference server; and

process an indication included within the invitation, the indication indicating that the invitation is related to the conference event.