Real-time mobile conferencing solution
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1. A system for conferencing communication devices, comprising,at least one conference bridge for providing a multiparty audio conferencing session between the communication devices;
- a voice interface unit (VIU) enabled for;
prompting and collecting of information from the communication devices;
playing voice announcements; and
receiving validation data from the communication devices via connections between said VIU and the communication devices, said VIU further enabled to forward said validation data to a validating entity; and
a conference server enabled for;
instructing a switching point to establish at least a first connection between said VIU and at least a first communication device such that said VIU may receive at least first validation data from at least said first communication device and forward said first validation data to said conference server, said switching point enabled to establish connections for the communication devices;
validating said first validation data; and
, in response to said validating said first validation data;
instructing said switching point to terminate said first connection; and
instructing said switching point to establish a second connection between said at least one conference bridge and said first communication device to establish said conferencing session.
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Abstract
An invention is disclosed which exists as part of a computer program product for enabling real-time multi-media communications and conferencing events between mobile subscribers; and additionally provides multi-cast server functionality for the real-time distribution of content (text messages, pictures, media (e.g. voice)) between said wireless participants/clients.
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1. A system for conferencing communication devices, comprising,
at least one conference bridge for providing a multiparty audio conferencing session between the communication devices; -
a voice interface unit (VIU) enabled for; prompting and collecting of information from the communication devices; playing voice announcements; and receiving validation data from the communication devices via connections between said VIU and the communication devices, said VIU further enabled to forward said validation data to a validating entity; and a conference server enabled for; instructing a switching point to establish at least a first connection between said VIU and at least a first communication device such that said VIU may receive at least first validation data from at least said first communication device and forward said first validation data to said conference server, said switching point enabled to establish connections for the communication devices; validating said first validation data; and
, in response to said validating said first validation data;instructing said switching point to terminate said first connection; and instructing said switching point to establish a second connection between said at least one conference bridge and said first communication device to establish said conferencing session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A conference server for controlling conferencing between communication devices, comprising,
a service logic module enabled for validating validation data; - and
a network interface module enabled for; instructing a switching point to establish at least a first connection between a voice interface unit (VIU) and at least a first communication device such that said VIU may receive at least first validation data from at least said first communication device and forward said first validation data to the conference server, said switching point enabled to establish connections for the communication devices; and
, in response to validating said first validation data;instructing said switching point to terminate said first connection; and instructing said switching point to establish a second connection between at least one conference bridge and said first communication device to establish a conferencing session. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method of conferencing communication devices in a system comprising a conference server, a voice interface unit (VIU) and at least one conference bridge, comprising,
at the conference server, instructing a switching point to establish a first connection between the VIU and a first communication device, said switching point enabled to establish connections for the communication devices; - at the VIU,
receiving first validation data from said first communication device; and forwarding said first validation data to the conference server; and
at the conference server,validating said first validation data; and
, in response to said validating said first validation data;instructing said switching point to terminate said first connection; and instructing said switching point to establish a second connection between the at least one conference bridge and said first communication device, to establish a conferencing session. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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