Techniques for conference scheduling
First Claim
1. A method for scheduling conferences, comprising:
- receiving a conference request, the conference request including an invitee list, a prioritized list of preferred media types, and one or more times for a conference associated with the conference request;
requesting the conference with respective invitees associated with the invitee list via respective subscriber terminals as referred to in a telephone number mapping database;
determining whether the respective invitees can be scheduled for the conference; and
scheduling the conference between a conference requestor associated with the conference request and available ones of the respective invitees when mandatory attendees, included within the respective invitees, are available.
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Abstract
A technique for scheduling conferences includes receiving a conference request, which includes an invitee list, a prioritized list of preferred media types, and one or more times for a conference associated with the conference request. The conference is requested with respective invitees associated with the invitee list (via respective subscriber terminals) and it is determined whether the respective invitees can be scheduled for the conference. The conference is scheduled between a conference requester (associated with the conference request) and available ones of the respective invitees, when mandatory attendees, included within the respective invitees, are available.
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1. A method for scheduling conferences, comprising:
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receiving a conference request, the conference request including an invitee list, a prioritized list of preferred media types, and one or more times for a conference associated with the conference request; requesting the conference with respective invitees associated with the invitee list via respective subscriber terminals as referred to in a telephone number mapping database; determining whether the respective invitees can be scheduled for the conference; and scheduling the conference between a conference requestor associated with the conference request and available ones of the respective invitees when mandatory attendees, included within the respective invitees, are available. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication system, comprising:
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multiple subscriber terminals; and an application server in communication with the multiple subscriber terminals, wherein the application server is configured to execute a conferencing agent that is configured to; receive a conference request from a conference requester subscriber terminal, included within the multiple subscriber terminals, the conference request including an invitee list, a prioritized list of preferred media types, one or more times, and one or more conditions for a conference associated with the conference request; request the conference with respective invitees associated with the invitee list via respective ones of the multiple subscriber terminals; determine whether the respective invitees can be scheduled for the conference; and schedule the conference between a conference requestor associated with the conference request and available ones of the respective invitees when mandatory attendees, included within the respective invitees, are available. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for conference scheduling, comprising:
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requesting an invitee device list associated with respective subscriber terminals from an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem telephone number mapping server; receiving the invitee device list from the Internet protocol multimedia subsystem telephone number mapping server; and requesting a conference with respective invitees via the respective subscriber terminals based on the invitee device list. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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