Method and system for establishing a teleconference over a telephony network
First Claim
1. A method for an initiator to establish a teleconference and sending a notification to a plurality of participants comprising the steps:
- said initiator contacting the teleconference server to establish the teleconference with the plurality of participants;
said teleconference server performing mode conversion at notification, wherein text is converted to voice when the mode of input by the initiator is text and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is voice, and wherein voice is converted to text when the mode of input at the initiator'"'"'s device is voice and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is text;
said teleconference server associating said teleconference with a unique access address and associating said unique access address with a notification message;
performing presence management to determine if said participant is present with a particular participant device, wherein the teleconference server sends the notification message to the plurality of participant devices when said presence management determines that said participant'"'"'s devices are present with the respective participants;
said plurality of participants accessing said unique access address to participate in said teleconference, wherein the unique access number used by each participant for participating in the conference is the unique access address of said teleconference;
said teleconference server identifying the unique access address used by each participant; and
said teleconference server routing each participant to the teleconference corresponding to the unique access address identified.
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Abstract
A teleconference system and method in which an initiator of a teleconference sends a request or instructions to the teleconference server. The teleconference server communicates with the intended participants using basic communication tools that are generally compatible regardless of the network that the participant is subscribed to. The teleconference server stores the information, creates and sends a teleconference notification message to the intended participant that she has been invited to a teleconference. The notification message includes a unique access address associated with the teleconference, at which the participant can access to join the teleconference at the prescribed time. Different unique access addresses are associated with different teleconferences.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for an initiator to establish a teleconference and sending a notification to a plurality of participants comprising the steps:
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said initiator contacting the teleconference server to establish the teleconference with the plurality of participants; said teleconference server performing mode conversion at notification, wherein text is converted to voice when the mode of input by the initiator is text and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is voice, and wherein voice is converted to text when the mode of input at the initiator'"'"'s device is voice and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is text; said teleconference server associating said teleconference with a unique access address and associating said unique access address with a notification message; performing presence management to determine if said participant is present with a particular participant device, wherein the teleconference server sends the notification message to the plurality of participant devices when said presence management determines that said participant'"'"'s devices are present with the respective participants; said plurality of participants accessing said unique access address to participate in said teleconference, wherein the unique access number used by each participant for participating in the conference is the unique access address of said teleconference; said teleconference server identifying the unique access address used by each participant; and said teleconference server routing each participant to the teleconference corresponding to the unique access address identified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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12. A system for establishing a teleconference requested by an initiator with respect to between a plurality of participants, comprising:
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a teleconference server; a communication network for teleconferencing initiated by said initiator with respect to said plurality of participants; said teleconference server receiving the initiator request and associating said teleconference with a unique access address, and associating said unique access address with a notification message wherein the unique access address used by each participant to participate in the conference is the unique access address of said teleconference; said teleconference server determining if said participant is present with a particular participant device, wherein the presence of the participant with the participant device is determined by presence management and sending the notification message to the plurality of those participants devices when the participant'"'"'s devices are present with the respective participants; said teleconference server performing mode conversion at notification, wherein text is converted to voice when the mode of input by the initiator is text and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is voice, and wherein voice is converted to text when the mode of input at the initiator'"'"'s device is voice and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is text; said teleconference server providing access by the plurality of participants using said unique access address to participate in said teleconference, said teleconference server identifying the unique access address used by each participant; and said teleconference server routing each participant to the teleconference corresponding to the unique access address identified. - View Dependent Claims (13, 23, 24, 25)
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14. A computer readable medium for encoding a computer program to establish a teleconference requested by an initiator with respect to a plurality of participants, comprising:
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a first program module for receiving said request for the teleconference from the initiator; a second program module for associating said teleconference with a unique access address, and associating said unique access address with a notification message; a third program module for determining if said participant is present with a particular participant device, wherein the presence of the participant with the participant device is determined by presence management and sending the notification message to the plurality of participants, when said participant is present with a particular participant device; a fourth program module performing mode conversion at notification, wherein text is converted to voice when the mode of input by the initiator is text and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is voice, and wherein voice is converted to text when the mode of input at the initiator'"'"'s device is voice and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is text; a fifth program module for sending the said notification message to the said plurality of participants; a sixth program module for providing access to said the plurality of participants using said unique access address to participate in said teleconference wherein the unique access address used by each participant for participating in the conference is the unique access address of said teleconference; a seventh program module for identifying the unique access address used by each participant; and an eighth program module routing each participant to the teleconference corresponding to the unique address identified.
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15. A method for an initiator to establish a teleconference and sending notification to a plurality of participants comprising the steps:
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said initiator contacting the teleconference server to establish the teleconference with the plurality of participants; said teleconference server performing mode conversion at notification, wherein text is converted to voice when the mode of input by the initiator is text and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is voice, and wherein voice is converted to text when the mode of input at the initiator'"'"'s device is voice and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is text; said teleconference server associating said teleconference with a different unique access address for each participant and associating each said unique access address with a notification message, wherein different unique access addresses are assigned for different participants of the same teleconference; performing presence management to determine if said participant is present with a particular participant device wherein the teleconference server sends the notification message to the plurality of participant devices when said presence management determines that said participant'"'"'s devices are present with the respective participants; said plurality of participants accessing said unique access address to participate in said teleconference; said teleconference server identifying the unique access address used by each participant; and said teleconference server routing each participant to the teleconference corresponding to the unique access address identified.
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16. A system for establishing a teleconference requested by an initiator with respect to between a plurality of participants, comprising:
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a teleconference server receiving the initiator request and associating said teleconference with a different unique access address for each participant and associating each said unique access address with a notification message, wherein different unique access addresses are assigned for different participants of the same teleconference; said teleconference server determining if said participant is present with a particular participant device, wherein the presence of the participant with the participant device is determined by presence management and sending the notification message to the plurality of those participants devices when the participant'"'"'s devices are present with the respective participants; said teleconference server performing mode conversion at notification, wherein text is converted to voice when the mode of input by the initiator is text and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is voice, and wherein voice is converted to text when the mode of input at the initiator'"'"'s device is voice and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is text; said teleconference server providing access by said plurality of participants using the participant'"'"'s unique access address to participate in said teleconference, said teleconference server identifying the unique access address used by each participant; and said teleconference server routing each participant to the teleconference corresponding to the unique access address identified.
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17. A computer readable medium for encoding a computer program to establish a teleconference requested by an initiator with respect to a plurality of participants, comprising of:
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a first program module for receiving said request for the teleconference from the initiator; a second program module for associating said teleconference with a different unique access address for each participant and associating each said unique access address with a notification message, wherein different unique access addresses are assigned for different participants of the same teleconference; a third program module for determining if said participant is present with a particular participant device, wherein the presence of the participant with the participant device is determined by presence management and sending the notification message to the plurality of participants, when said participant is present with a particular participant device; a fourth program module performing mode conversion at notification, wherein text is converted to voice when the mode of input by the initiator is text and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is voice, and wherein voice is converted to text when the mode of input at the initiator'"'"'s device is voice and the mode of reception at the participant'"'"'s device is text; a fifth program module for sending said notification message to the plurality of participants; a sixth program module for providing access to the plurality of participants using their unique access addresses to participate in said teleconference; a seventh program module identifying the unique access address used by each participant; and an eighth program module routing each participants to the teleconference corresponding to the unique address identified.
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