SETTING USER-PREFERENCE INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE BRIDGE

• US 20100275134A1
• Filed: 04/23/2009
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Stevens, Matt Jerome, Balasaygun, Mehmet C., Baker, Al
• Granted Patent: US 8,856,665 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

User-preference information is utilized in conjunction with a conference bridge for the purpose of customizing the receiving of text data, alerts, or other associated information. These settings can be stored in a media file, or a set of data that is kept on an endpoint, such as a conference-enabled endpoint or it can be a configuration of data maintained by one or more conference bridges. This user preference information can specify various preferences such as language, font, phone capabilities, phone number associated with a conference, video conferencing capabilities, preferences for rendering images, multi-media content preferences, whiteboard resolution, volume, and in general, any preference associated with any application or data associated with a conference.

Claims

1. A method of managing a multimedia conference comprising:

accessing a profile including user preference information;

applying the user preference information to one or more of functionality of the multimedia conference and operation of an endpoint; and

monitoring the multimedia conference and dynamically updating the one or more of the functionality of the multimedia conference and the operation of an endpoint throughout the multimedia conference.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising using the preference information in the profile to initiate the multimedia conference.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising reconciling differences between the user preference information and a master profile.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising reconciling differences between the user preference information and another user'"'"'s preference information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the profile is stored on one or more of a conference bridge, an endpoint and another storage device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising interrogating one or more of an endpoint and a conference bridge to determine the capabilities thereof and reconciling the capabilities with one or more user'"'"'s profiles.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user preference information includes one or more of billing preferences, language and display preferences, font and font size characteristics, volume information, audio equalizer preferences, whiteboard resolution, font, marker color preferences, multimedia capabilities and preferences, endpoint capabilities and preferences, connectivity preferences, bandwidth capabilities, available applications, video preferences, multimedia preferences, screen layout, skin preferences, color scheme preferences, initial setup preferences, user preferences and scheduling preferences.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising initiating the multimedia conference based on information stored in the profile.

9. One or more means for performing the functionality of claim 1.

10. A computer-readable storage media including processor-executable instructions that perform the steps in claim 1.

11. A multimedia conference system comprising:

a profile including user preference information;

a preference management module that applies the user preference information to one or more of functionality of a multimedia conference and operation of an endpoint and monitors the multimedia conference and dynamically updates the one or more of the functionality of the multimedia conference and the operation of an endpoint throughout the multimedia conference.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the preference management module uses the preference information in the profile to initiate the multimedia conference.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the preference management module reconciles differences between the user preference information and a master profile.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the preference management module reconciles differences between the user preference information and another user'"'"'s preference information.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the profile is stored on one or more of a conference bridge, an endpoint and another storage device.

16. The system of claim 11, further comprising an interrogation module that interrogates one or more of an endpoint and a conference bridge to determine the capabilities thereof and reconciling the capabilities with one or more user'"'"'s profiles.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the user preference information includes one or more of billing preferences, language and display preferences, font and font size characteristics, volume information, audio equalizer preferences, whiteboard resolution, font, marker color preferences, multimedia capabilities and preferences, endpoint capabilities and preferences, connectivity preferences, bandwidth capabilities, available applications, video preferences, multimedia preferences, screen layout, skin preferences, color scheme preferences, initial setup preferences, user preferences and scheduling preferences.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the multimedia conference is initiated based on information stored in the profile.

19. A multimedia conference system including:

a multimedia conference bridge;

one or more endpoints; and

user preference information associated with one or more of the one or more endpoints and a user, each user preference information stored in a respective user profile, each user preference information used to control one or more characteristics of a multimedia conference.