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Method and system for allocating, revoking and transferring resources in a conference system

  • US 8,311,197 B2
  • Filed: 11/10/2006
  • Issued: 11/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of assigning resources from a pool of conferences resources provided by a conference system, the method comprising:

  • reserving at least some of the pool of conference resources for guaranteed status participants to a conference having an allocated number of resources allocated to the conference, to enable the guaranteed status participants to participate in the conference, the guaranteed resources comprising at least one of a communication port, an interface, and a media termination port;

    during the conference, automatically assigning conference resources to a plurality of participants as the participants join the conference;

    receiving at least one other participant to the conference and assigning a provisional status to the at least one other participant;

    allocating unused resources in the pool of conference resources as provisional resources, the provisional resources comprising at least one of a communication port, an interface, and a media termination port;

    admitting the at least one provisional status participant to participate in the conference utilizing the provisional resources; and

    if a number of assigned conference resources exceeds the allocated number of resources, modifying at least one assigned resource.

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