SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASYNCHRONOUSLY JOINING AND LEAVING VIDEO CONFERENCES AND MERGING MULTIPLE VIDEO CONFERENCES
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1. A computer-implemented method for open video conference calling, the method comprising:
- a caller making an initial video conference call to one or more called parties;
upon acceptance of the initial video conference call by at least one of the called parties, establishing a video conference with the caller and the accepting called parties as participants;
during the video conference, making a second video conference call between one of the participants and a non-participant; and
upon acceptance of the second video conference call, the non-participant joining the previously established video conference.
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Abstract
A method (and corresponding system and computer program product) providing control to open video conference is disclosed. One aspect enables participants of a video conference to asynchronously join and leave the video conference. Another aspect enables participants to merge multiple video conferences into a single video conference, or to split a single video conference into multiple video conferences.
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1. A computer-implemented method for open video conference calling, the method comprising:
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a caller making an initial video conference call to one or more called parties; upon acceptance of the initial video conference call by at least one of the called parties, establishing a video conference with the caller and the accepting called parties as participants; during the video conference, making a second video conference call between one of the participants and a non-participant; and upon acceptance of the second video conference call, the non-participant joining the previously established video conference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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15. A computer-implemented method for merging open video conferences, the method comprising:
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a first caller making a first video conference call to one or more first called parties; upon acceptance of the first video conference call by at least one of the first called parties, establishing a first video conference with the first caller and the accepting first called parties as participants; a second caller making a second video conference call to one or more second called parties; upon acceptance of the second video conference call by at least one of the second called parties, establishing a second video conference with the second caller and the accepting second called parties as participants, the first and second video conferences having at least one common participant; during the first and second video conferences, the common participant merging the first video conference and the second video conference into a single combined video conference.
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23. A computer-implemented method for merging open video conferences, the method comprising:
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a first caller making a first video conference call to one or more first called parties; upon acceptance of the first video conference call by at least one of the first called parties, establishing a first video conference with the first caller and the accepting first called parties as participants; a second caller making a second video conference call to one or more second called parties; upon acceptance of the second video conference call by at least one of the second called parties, establishing a second video conference with the second caller and the accepting second called parties as participants; during the first and second video conferences, one of the participants of one of the video conferences making a bridging video conference call to one of the participants of the other video conference; and upon acceptance of the bridging video conference call, merging the first video conference and the second video conference into a single combined video conference.
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