Teleconferencing Monitoring Method

• US 20100208880A1
• Filed: 02/19/2009
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arlington Technologies, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Gartner, Jeffrey G.
• Granted Patent: US 8,842,813 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/202.10
• 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: H04M 2201/18 Comparators
• 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

Abstract

A method that allows a user to have his or her telecommunications terminal automatically monitor one or more teleconferences so that he or she participates in the relevant portions of a teleconference without the disadvantages associated with the prior art is described. The illustrative embodiment teaches a method that can monitor one or more teleconferences and determines when there is a discussion that is relevant to the user. At that point, the user is automatically joined to the teleconference bridge where the teleconference is taking place.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a first teleconference bridge, an indicium of a first subject and a first calendrical time associated with the first subject;

receiving, from a user, a first keyword; and

when the first keyword matches the indicium of the first subject, connecting the user to the first teleconference bridge at the first calendrical time.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, from a second teleconference bridge, an indicium of a second subject and a first second time associated with the second subject;

receiving, from the user, a second keyword; and

when the second keyword matches the indicium of the second subject, connecting the user to the second teleconference bridge at the second calendrical time.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising when the second keyword matches the indicium of the second subject, disconnecting the user from the first teleconference bridge.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the indicium of the first subject and the indicium of the second subject are the same.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the indicium of the first subject and the indicium of the second subject are the different.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the first teleconference bridge and second teleconference bridge are different sources.

7. The method of claim 2 wherein the first teleconference bridge and second teleconference bridge are the same source.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, from a first teleconference bridge, an indicium of a first subject;

receiving, from a user, a first keyword; and

when the first keyword matches the indicium of the first subject, setting the value of a first flag to TRUE; and

when the value of the first flag is TRUE, asking the user if he or she desires to connect to the first teleconference bridge.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the indicium of the first subject is received via an XML format.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the indicium of the first subject is received via Atom.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the indicium of the first subject is received via RSS.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

receiving, from a second teleconference bridge, an indicium of a second subject;

when the first keyword matches the indicium of the second subject, setting the value of a second flag to TRUE.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

when the value of a second flag is TRUE, asking the user if he or she desires to connect to the second teleconference bridge.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

when the value of the second flag is TRUE, connecting the user to the second teleconference bridge.

15. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

setting the value of the second flag to TRUE when a participant at the second teleconference bridge uses the first keyword;

when the value of the second flag is TRUE, asking the user if he or she desires to connect to the second teleconference bridge.

16. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

receiving a second keyword from the user;

setting the value of the second flag to TRUE when a participant in the second teleconference uses the second keyword; and

when the value of the second flag is TRUE, asking the user if he or she desires to connect to the first teleconference bridge.

17. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

receiving a second subject of the second teleconference;

setting the value of the second flag to TRUE at a calendrical time when the second subject of the second teleconference matches the first keyword; and

when the value of the second flag is TRUE, asking the user if he or she desires to connect to the second teleconference bridge.