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SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR MONITORING A CONFERENCE AND COMMUNICATING WITH PARTICIPANTS WITHOUT JOINING AS A PARTICIPANT

  • US 20110270936A1
  • Filed: 04/01/2011
  • Published: 11/03/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for monitoring an audio conference without joining as a participant, the method comprising:

  • a client device, which is associated with an individual who has not joined an audio conference, sending a request via a communication network to a conferencing system to be notified of a predetermined event associated with the audio conference;

    the conferencing system determining the occurrence of the predetermined event;

    the conferencing system sending a notification to the client device indicating the occurrence of the predetermined event;

    the client device presenting the notification to the individual;

    without joining the audio conference, the client device sending an out-of-conference message from the individual to the conferencing system; and

    the conferencing system presenting the out-of-conference message to one or more participants in the audio conference.

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