CONTACT INFORMATION DISTRIBUTOR
First Claim
1. A method for distributing user contact information within a conference call, the method comprising:
- detecting a first request to join a conference call from a first device;
identifying a first characteristic associated with the first request;
determining that the first characteristic is associated with a first user by comparing the first characteristic to one or more characteristics corresponding to one or more users within a database;
based on determining that the first characteristic is associated with the first user, identifying contact information associated with the first user;
determining whether to distribute the contact information associated with the first user to a second user based on at least one of one or more usage patterns associated with the first user and a user input; and
based on determining to distribute the contact information associated with the first user to the second user, providing the second user the contact information associated with the first user,wherein one or more steps of the above method are performed using one or more computers.
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Abstract
A computer receives contact information associated with one or more users and stores said contact information in a database. The computer detects a conference call and determines which users are present at the conference call. The computer determines whether the users already share contact information with one another and, if not, the computer determines whether contact information of a user should be distributed based on recorded usage patterns. Based on determining that contact information of the user should not be distributed based on usage patterns, the computer is further capable of determining whether the user wishes to share contact information with other participating users via user input. Based on determining that the first user would like to share their contact information with other participating users, the computer provides the other participating users access to the contact information of the first user and records usage patterns detailing the conference call.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for distributing user contact information within a conference call, the method comprising:
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detecting a first request to join a conference call from a first device; identifying a first characteristic associated with the first request; determining that the first characteristic is associated with a first user by comparing the first characteristic to one or more characteristics corresponding to one or more users within a database; based on determining that the first characteristic is associated with the first user, identifying contact information associated with the first user; determining whether to distribute the contact information associated with the first user to a second user based on at least one of one or more usage patterns associated with the first user and a user input; and based on determining to distribute the contact information associated with the first user to the second user, providing the second user the contact information associated with the first user, wherein one or more steps of the above method are performed using one or more computers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14)
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8. A computer program product for distributing user contact information within a conference call, the computer program product comprising:
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one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising; program instructions to detect a first request to join a conference call from a first device; program instructions to identify a first characteristic associated with the first request; program instructions to determine that the first characteristic is associated with a first user by comparing the first characteristic to one or more characteristics corresponding to one or more users within a database; based on determining that the first characteristic is associated with the first user, program instructions to identify contact information associated with the first user; program instructions to determine whether to distribute the contact information associated with the first user to a second user based on at least one of one or more usage patterns associated with the first user and a user input; and based on determining to distribute the contact information associated with the first user to the second user, program instructions to provide the second user the contact information associated with the first user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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15. A computer system for distributing user contact information within a conference call, the computer system comprising:
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one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on one or more of the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising; program instructions to detect a first request to join a conference call from a first device; program instructions to identify a first characteristic associated with the first request; program instructions to determine that the first characteristic is associated with a first user by comparing the first characteristic to one or more characteristics corresponding to one or more users within a database; based on determining that the first characteristic is associated with the first user, program instructions to identify contact information associated with the first user; program instructions to determine whether to distribute the contact information associated with the first user to a second user based on at least one of one or more usage patterns associated with the first user and a user input; and based on determining to distribute the contact information associated with the first user to the second user, program instructions to provide the second user the contact information associated with the first user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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