Teleconference system featuring a call-up
DCFirst Claim
1. A teleconference system featuring a call-up being a telephone service system comprised of a switching matrix, a VRE (voice response equipment) unit having a recording function and a call processing unit for executing a conventional call processing, an exchange connected with a group of terminals, such as telephone sets and terminal devices, having a plurality of users, each terminal corresponding with a respective one of said plurality of users and an SCP (service control point) for controlling various kinds of telephone line services, said telephone system featuring a call-up comprising:
- teleconference registration means for registering, in said telephone service system, a reservation for a teleconference run by any of the users of said group of terminals, for notifying all teleconference participants of said teleconference run, for responding to a status confirmation request for the date and time of said teleconference run, and for notifying an attending teleconference participant of a teleconference participant who will be absent;
teleconference run means for holding a teleconference by automatically connecting all attending teleconference participants online on the date and time of said teleconference run registered by said teleconference registration means;
SCP control means for controlling said teleconference registration means and said teleconference run means separately from controlling said exchange; and
IN (intelligent network) call processing means for replacing an instruction by said SCP control means by an instruction controllable by said exchange.
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Abstract
When a teleconference sponsor wishes to have an SCP (service control point) for controlling an IN (intelligent network) service reserve a teleconference run, a teleconference reservation notifier in a teleconference registerer has the teleconference sponsor input data on the date and time of the teleconference run and data on the names of teleconference participants. This registers the teleconference, and notifies all the teleconference participants of a schedule of the teleconference run. When a teleconference participant wishes to receive data on the date and time of a teleconference run, a teleconference status confirmer in the teleconference registerer reads the registered data of the teleconference run, thereby notifying the interrogating teleconference participant. When a teleconference participant cannot attend a teleconference, a teleconference absence notifier in the teleconference registerer receives his absence notice, and notifies all other attending teleconference participants of his absence. On reaching the reserved date and time of a registered teleconference, a teleconference executor in the SCP automatically puts all the attending teleconference participants online. An SCP controller in the SCP performs the entire control of the teleconference registerer and the teleconference executor, as well as an interface with an exchange. The IN call processor in the exchange performs the interface with the exchange by a conversion between a message for use by the SCP and a message for use by the exchange, which is a conventional exchange.
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1. A teleconference system featuring a call-up being a telephone service system comprised of a switching matrix, a VRE (voice response equipment) unit having a recording function and a call processing unit for executing a conventional call processing, an exchange connected with a group of terminals, such as telephone sets and terminal devices, having a plurality of users, each terminal corresponding with a respective one of said plurality of users and an SCP (service control point) for controlling various kinds of telephone line services, said telephone system featuring a call-up comprising:
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teleconference registration means for registering, in said telephone service system, a reservation for a teleconference run by any of the users of said group of terminals, for notifying all teleconference participants of said teleconference run, for responding to a status confirmation request for the date and time of said teleconference run, and for notifying an attending teleconference participant of a teleconference participant who will be absent; teleconference run means for holding a teleconference by automatically connecting all attending teleconference participants online on the date and time of said teleconference run registered by said teleconference registration means; SCP control means for controlling said teleconference registration means and said teleconference run means separately from controlling said exchange; and IN (intelligent network) call processing means for replacing an instruction by said SCP control means by an instruction controllable by said exchange. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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