AUTOMATIC REJOINING OF CONFERENCES
First Claim
1. A method executed at least in part in a computing device for facilitating a conference with automatic rejoin capability, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to join a conference from a user;
identifying the user and the conference requested by the user;
connecting the user to the requested conference;
while the conference is being facilitated, receiving another request from the user to join a conference;
confirming an identity of the user; and
re-connecting the user to the conference without requesting conference identification and authentication information from the user.
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Abstract
Users are enabled to re-join a conference after an intentional or unintentional disconnect based on detecting the user'"'"'s identifier. An identifier associated with a user such as a caller id number is determined or a cookie installed in the user'"'"'s computing device facilitating communications when the user first joins a conference. If the user'"'"'s connection to the conference is severed intentionally or unintentionally, and the user attempts to connect again, the system may prompt the user whether they want to join the same conference or another conference. If the user confirms their desire to join the same conference, the system may connect them without the user having to enter conference identifier, password, or similar information.
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20 Claims
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1. A method executed at least in part in a computing device for facilitating a conference with automatic rejoin capability, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to join a conference from a user; identifying the user and the conference requested by the user; connecting the user to the requested conference; while the conference is being facilitated, receiving another request from the user to join a conference; confirming an identity of the user; and re-connecting the user to the conference without requesting conference identification and authentication information from the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A server capable of facilitating a conference with automatic rejoin capability, the server comprising:
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a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory adapted to execute a conference application that is configured to; receive a request to join a first conference from a user; identify the user and the first conference requested by the user; connect the user to the first conference upon authentication; while the first conference is being facilitated, receive another request from the user to join a conference; confirm an identity of the user; receive presence information associated with the user; upon determining availability of at least a second conference for the user, prompt the user to select between the first conference and the second conference; if the user selects the first conference, re-connect the user to the first conference without requesting conference identification and authentication information from the user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable storage medium with instructions stored thereon for facilitating a conference with automatic rejoin capability, the instructions comprising:
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receiving a call to join a conference from a caller; identifying the caller through detecting one of;
a caller identification number and a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) number;identifying the conference requested by the caller; connecting the caller to the requested conference; while the conference is being facilitated, receiving another call from the caller to join a conference; confirming the identity of the caller; prompting the caller to confirm that they desire to rejoin the facilitated conference; and re-connecting the caller to the conference upon receiving a confirmation without requesting conference identification and authentication information from the caller. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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Specification