Method and Application for Arranging a Conference Call in a Cellular Network and a Mobile Terminal Operating in a Cellular Network
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for arranging a conference call with mobile terminals operating in a cellular network. At first, a group of the participants of the conference call is formed either by selecting the participants from a list saved in the memory of the mobile terminal in by inputting the contract information of the participants manually. In the next step, a summons to the conference call is drawn up in standard form. An application loaded into the memory of the convener'"'"'s mobile terminal forms the summons, and sends the summons to the particulars via the cellular network. When a participant wants to join a conference call, he/she makes a call with the mobile terminal to the telephone number mentioned in the summons. An application in the mobile terminal of the convener receives the incoming calls and joins them to the conference call automatically.
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65 Claims
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31. A method comprising:
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drawing up a summons to a meeting in a mobile terminal of a convener of a conference call between the convener and a group of two or more participants, to arrange a wireless conference call, wherein the summons to the meeting includes the telephone number of said convener; sending, by the mobile terminal of the convener, the summons to the meeting from the mobile terminal of the convener to all members of the group of two or more participants; receiving calls, at the mobile terminal of the convener from two or more of the participants, the respective participants having made the call to the telephone number mentioned in the summons; and automatically joining the participants to the conference call in the mobile terminal of the convener. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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44. A non-transitory memory comprising computer program code tangibly embodied thereon, wherein the memory is configured to store an application for a mobile terminal of a convener to establish a wireless conference call between the convener and a group of two or more participants of the conference call by actions comprising:
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drawing up a summons to a meeting, wherein the summons to the meeting includes the telephone number of said convener; sending the summons to the meeting to members of the group to or more participants; receiving calls coming from two or more of the participants, the respective participants having made the call to the telephone number mentioned in the summons; and automatically joining the participants to the conference call, wherein the memory is included in the mobile terminal of the convener. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 59)
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55. A mobile terminal comprising a display and memory and an arrangement configured to arrange a wireless conference call between the convener and a group of two or more participants of the conference call, further comprising an application loaded into the memory of the mobile terminal, which causes the mobile terminal to:
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draw up a summons to a meeting by including the telephone number of the convener; send the summons to the meeting to members of the group two or more participants; receive calls coming from two or more of the participants, the respective participants having made the call to the telephone number mentioned in the summons; and automatically join the participants to the conference call. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57)
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58. A non-transitory storage medium configured to tangibly store thereon a computer program configured to load an application into a memory of a mobile terminal of a convener of a wireless conference call, the application configured to establish the conference call between the convener and a group of two or more participants of the conference call, where execution of the computer program results in operations that comprise, in the mobile terminal of the convener:
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drawing up the summons to the meeting wherein the summons the meeting includes the telephone number of the convener; sending the summons to the meeting from the mobile terminal of the convener to all members of the group of two or more participants; and receiving calls from two or more of the part ants, the respective participants having made the call to the telephone number mentioned in the summons; and automatically joining the participants to the conference call.
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60. A method comprising:
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arranging a wireless conference call between a convener and a group of two or more participants, in which method a mobile terminal of the convener of the conference call performs; drawing up a summons to a meeting wherein the summons to the meeting includes the telephone number of the convener; sending the summons to the meeting from the mobile terminal of the convener to all members of the group of two or more participants; and receiving calls from two or more of the participants in the mobile terminal of the convener, the respective participants having made the call to the telephone number mentioned in the summons; and automatically joining the participants to the conference call.
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61. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor, and memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to; draw up, at a mobile terminal, a summons to a meeting to arrange a wireless conference call between the convener and a group of two or more participants, wherein the summons to the meeting includes the telephone number of the convener; send the summons to the meeting from the apparatus, via the mobile terminal, to all members of the group of two or more participants; and receive calls, at the mobile terminal, from two or more of the participants, the respective participants having made the call to the telephone number mentioned in the summons; and automatically join the participants to the conference call in the mobile terminal.
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Specification