Method and Apparatus for Enhanced Caller ID
First Claim
1. A method for handling a call from a conferencing endpoint configured to handle a conference between multiple participants, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to call a participant from the conferencing endpoint;
inferring information about a presence of one or more participants in the call, based on a detection of the one or more participants by presence detection equipment associated with the conferencing endpoint;
determining additional call context information based on the inferred information; and
providing the additional call context information to the participant in addition to the call, wherein the additional call context information is accessible to the participant.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method is provided for handling a call from a conferencing endpoint configured to handle a conference between multiple participants. A request to call a participant is received from the conferencing endpoint. Information is inferred about a presence of one or more participants in the call, based on a detection of the one or more participants by presence detection equipment associated with the conferencing endpoint;. Additional call context information is determined based on the inferred information. The additional call context information is provided to the participant in addition to the call, wherein the additional call context information is accessible to the participant.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for handling a call from a conferencing endpoint configured to handle a conference between multiple participants, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to call a participant from the conferencing endpoint; inferring information about a presence of one or more participants in the call, based on a detection of the one or more participants by presence detection equipment associated with the conferencing endpoint; determining additional call context information based on the inferred information; and providing the additional call context information to the participant in addition to the call, wherein the additional call context information is accessible to the participant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus configured to handle a call from a conferencing endpoint configured to handle a conference between multiple participants, the apparatus comprising:
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a call request receiver configured to receive a request to call a participant from the conferencing endpoint; a presence detector associated with the conferencing endpoint and configured to infer information about a presence of one or more participants in the call; a determiner configured to determine additional call context information based on the inferred information; and a communicator configured to provide the additional call context information to the participant in addition to the call, wherein the additional call context information is accessible to the participant. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. Logic encoded in a non-transitory medium which includes code for execution of a method and when executed by a processor operable to perform operations, comprises:
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receiving a request to call a participant from a conferencing endpoint configured to handle a conference between multiple participants; inferring information about a presence of one or more participants in the call, based on a detection of the one or more participants by presence detection equipment associated with the conferencing endpoint; determining additional call context information based on the inferred information; and providing the additional call context information to the participant in addition to the call, wherein the additional call context information is accessible to the participant.
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