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System and method for using a portable information device to establish a conference call on a telephony network

  • US 6,577,622 B1
  • Filed: 09/27/1999
  • Issued: 06/10/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for establishing a conference call on a data network telephony system including a network providing data connectivity for a plurality of data communications channels using data transport protocols, the system comprising in combination:

  • a plurality of data network telephones connected to the network, each data network telephone operable to communicate a voice signal as voice-over-data packets on a voice-over-data channel, the voice-over-data channel being one of the plurality of data communications channels on the network, the data network telephones each operable to convert voice-over-data packets communicated on the voice-over-data channel to voice signals; and

    a portable information device comprising a user interface and a data network telephone interface, the user interface operable to accept communication partner data from a user, the first data network telephone interface operable to communicate the communication partner data to a first data network telephone to enable the first data network telephone to invite at least one communication partner to a conference call, the at least one communication partner specified in the communication partner data.

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