System and method for joining conference calls
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving an invitation for a user to join a conference call;
extracting from the invitation a scheduled conference call time, conference call address information, conference call authentication information, and a conference call modality;
identifying a resource associated with the conference call; and
scheduling an event to join the user to the conference call via the conference call modality at the scheduled conference call time based on the conference call address information and the conference call authentication information, and scheduling the event further to open the resource in connection with joining the user to the conference call, wherein the event to join the user to the conference does not require user interaction.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for scheduling an event to automatically join a user to a conference call. In one aspect, the method includes receiving an invitation for a user to join a conference call, extracting from the invitation a scheduled conference call time, conference call address information, conference call authentication information, and a conference call modality, and scheduling an event to join the user to the conference call via the conference call modality at the scheduled conference call time based on the conference call address information and the conference call authentication information. In another aspect, the system retrieves a scheduled event at a scheduled time, extracts the address, authentication, and modality information for the conference, and joins the user to the conference automatically at the scheduled time.
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14 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an invitation for a user to join a conference call; extracting from the invitation a scheduled conference call time, conference call address information, conference call authentication information, and a conference call modality; identifying a resource associated with the conference call; and scheduling an event to join the user to the conference call via the conference call modality at the scheduled conference call time based on the conference call address information and the conference call authentication information, and scheduling the event further to open the resource in connection with joining the user to the conference call, wherein the event to join the user to the conference does not require user interaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; retrieving a scheduled conference call event stored in an event database of a user, the conference call retrieved before a scheduled time for the scheduled conference call event; extracting, from the scheduled conference call event, address information, authentication information, and a modality; identifying a resource associated with the conference call; establishing a connection to the conference call via the modality based on the address information and the authentication information; and joining the user to the connection and opening the resource in connection with joining the user to the conference call. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving an invitation for a user to join a conference call; extracting from the invitation a scheduled conference call time, conference call address information, conference call authentication information, and a conference call modality; identifying a resource associated with the conference call; and scheduling an event to join the user to the conference call via the conference call modality at the scheduled conference call time based on the conference call address information and the conference call authentication information, and scheduling the event further to open the resource in connection with joining the user to the conference call, the event to join the user to the conference does not require user interaction. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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