SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINING CONFERENCE CALLS
First Claim
1. A method of scheduling automatic entry to a conference call, the method comprising:
- receiving an invitation for a user to join a conference call;
extracting from the invitation a scheduled conference call time, conference call address information, conference call authentication information, and a conference call modality; and
scheduling an event to join the user to the conference call via the conference call modality at the scheduled conference call time based on the conference call address information and the conference call authentication information.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for scheduling an event to automatically join a user to a conference call. In one aspect, the method includes receiving an invitation for a user to join a conference call, extracting from the invitation a scheduled conference call time, conference call address information, conference call authentication information, and a conference call modality, and scheduling an event to join the user to the conference call via the conference call modality at the scheduled conference call time based on the conference call address information and the conference call authentication information. In another aspect, the system retrieves a scheduled event at a scheduled time, extracts the address, authentication, and modality information for the conference, and joins the user to the conference automatically at the scheduled time.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of scheduling automatic entry to a conference call, the method comprising:
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receiving an invitation for a user to join a conference call; extracting from the invitation a scheduled conference call time, conference call address information, conference call authentication information, and a conference call modality; and scheduling an event to join the user to the conference call via the conference call modality at the scheduled conference call time based on the conference call address information and the conference call authentication information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for joining a conference call automatically, the system comprising:
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a processor; a first module configured to control the processor to retrieve a scheduled conference call event stored in an event database of a user; a second module configured to control the processor to extract, from the scheduled conference call event, address information, authentication information, and a modality; a third module configured to control the processor to establish a connection to the conference call via the modality based on the address information and the authentication information; and a fourth module configured to control the processor to join the user to the connection. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to automatically join a conference call, the instructions comprising:
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receiving an invitation for a user to join a conference call; extracting from the invitation a scheduled conference call time, conference call address information, conference call authentication information, and a conference call modality; scheduling an event to join the user to the conference call via the conference call modality at the scheduled conference call time based on the conference call address information and the conference call authentication information; retrieving the event based on the scheduled conference call time; extracting, from the scheduled event, the conference call address information, the conference call authentication information, and the conference call modality; establishing a connection to the conference call via the conference call modality based on the conference call address information and the conference call authentication information; and joining the user to the connection. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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