Method and Conference Server for Initializing Scheduled Conferences
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Abstract
Conference participants are selected via a network element in a network, the geographical area locations, for example, buildings of an enterprise, of the conference participants are determined and depending on the determined locations a geographical conference area, for example a conference room is determined for each conference participant. The conference area together with the conference information is communicated to the conference participants. The availability of the conference participants can be checked for the communication.
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30 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A method for initialization of scheduled conferences in a communication network, comprising:
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receiving a selection of conference participants; determining a geographical location area for each conference participant via a network element in the network, for each participant the network element is interrogated as to a connection of the communication network via which the conference participant is reachable; determining a geographical conference area for the respective conference participants based on the determined location areas; determining a conference resource in the geographical conference area; and notifying the conference participants of the conference resource and conference information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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