METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING UP AND/OR CONTROLLING A TELECOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE
First Claim
1. A method for automatically setting up and/or controlling a telecommunication conference with a multiplicity of participants, where an electronic conference condition file stores at least one user-defined conference condition for setting up the telecommunication conference and/or for participation by one or more participants in the telecommunication conference,in which the conference condition file is used to check whether at least one stored conference condition is met, andin which if at least one stored conference condition is met then the telecommunication conference is set up and/or the participant or the participants is/are added to the telecommunication conference.
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Abstract
A conference condition file is used to check whether at least one stored conference condition is met, which indicates a condition regarding a participant'"'"'s setup of and/or participation in the telecommunication conference. If at least one condition is met then the conference is set up or the participant is added to the conference.
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1. A method for automatically setting up and/or controlling a telecommunication conference with a multiplicity of participants, where an electronic conference condition file stores at least one user-defined conference condition for setting up the telecommunication conference and/or for participation by one or more participants in the telecommunication conference,
in which the conference condition file is used to check whether at least one stored conference condition is met, and in which if at least one stored conference condition is met then the telecommunication conference is set up and/or the participant or the participants is/are added to the telecommunication conference.
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13. A telecommunication conference terminal,
having a telecommunication conference unit which is set up to communicate with other telecommunication conference terminals and/or with a telecommunication conference server device in a telecommunication conference, having a memory for storing an electronic conference condition file, which contains at least one user-defined conference condition for setting up the telecommunication conference and/or for participation by one or more participants in the telecommunication conference, having a telecommunication conference checking unit which is coupled to the memory and which is set up to use the conference condition file to check whether at least one stored conference condition is met, having a telecommunication conference message generator unit which is set up such that if it receives from the telecommunication conference checking unit a piece of information indicating that at least one stored conference condition is met then it generates one of the following messages: -
a conference setup request message which is used to request that a telecommunication conference be set up, a conference joining message which is used to notify that the telecommunication conference terminal is joining the telecommunication conference.
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14. A telecommunication conference server device
having a telecommunication conference unit which is set up to communicate with telecommunication conference terminals and/or with one or more other telecommunication conference server devices in a telecommunication conference, having a memory for storing an electronic conference condition file which contains at least one user-defined conference condition for setting up the telecommunication conference and/or for participation by one or more participants in the telecommunication conference, having a telecommunication conference checking unit which is coupled to the memory and which is set up to use the conference condition file to check whether at least one stored conference condition is met, having a telecommunication conference setup/control unit which is set up such that if at least one stored conference condition is met then it sets up the telecommunication conference and/or adds a participant or a plurality of participants to the telecommunication conference.
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