Customized grouping of participants in real-time conference set-up
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1. A method comprising:
- a telephone device maintaining data indicating a number of predefined groups of participants;
the telephone device receiving from a user of the telephone device, (i) a selection of a first predefined group of participants from the number of predefined groups of participants, (ii) a selection of a logical operator, wherein the selected logical operator is selected from the group consisting of AND, OR, NOT, and XOR, and (iii) a selection of a second predefined group of participants from the number of predefined groups of participants, at least the first predefined group having more than one participant;
the telephone device applying the selected logical operator to the first predefined group of participants and the second predefined group of participants to determine a shortlist of participants;
the telephone device generating an invitation message, wherein the invitation message includes an indication of the determined shortlist of participants; and
the telephone device transmitting the invitation message to a conference server to request a conference with the participants from the determined shortlist of participants.
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Abstract
A customized list of real-time conference participants are obtained by selecting one or more logical operators such as AND or OR and applying the one or more logical operators to conference groups the user has selected. The logical operators and selected conference groups are sent to a conference server, which applies the operator to the selected groups to arrive at a shortlist of conference participants. The invention is particularly useful for cellular telephones initiating a real-time conference using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and a SIP server resident on a network.
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1. A method comprising:
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a telephone device maintaining data indicating a number of predefined groups of participants; the telephone device receiving from a user of the telephone device, (i) a selection of a first predefined group of participants from the number of predefined groups of participants, (ii) a selection of a logical operator, wherein the selected logical operator is selected from the group consisting of AND, OR, NOT, and XOR, and (iii) a selection of a second predefined group of participants from the number of predefined groups of participants, at least the first predefined group having more than one participant; the telephone device applying the selected logical operator to the first predefined group of participants and the second predefined group of participants to determine a shortlist of participants; the telephone device generating an invitation message, wherein the invitation message includes an indication of the determined shortlist of participants; and the telephone device transmitting the invitation message to a conference server to request a conference with the participants from the determined shortlist of participants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A telephone device comprising:
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a network communication interface; a processor; and data storage comprising (i) a number of predefined groups of participants and (ii) instructions executable by the processor to; receive from a user of the telephone device (a) a selection of a first predefined group of participants from the number of predefined groups of participants, (b) a selection of a logical operator, wherein the selected logical operator is selected from the group consisting of AND, OR, NOT, and XOR, and (c) a selection of a second predefined group of participants from the number of predefined groups of participants, at least the first predefined group having more than one participant, apply the selected logical operator to the selected first predefined group of participants and the selected second predefined group of participants to determine a shortlist of participants, generate an invitation message, wherein the invitation message includes an indication of the determined shortlist of participants, and transmit the invitation message via the network communication interface to a conference server to request a conference with the participants from the determined shortlist of participants. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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a conference server maintaining data indicating a number of predefined groups of participants; the conference server receiving an invitation message from a telephone device, wherein the invitation message includes a selection of a first predefined group of participants from the number of predefined groups of participants, a logical operator selected from the list consisting of AND, OR, NOT, and XOR, and a selection of a second predefined group of participants from the number of predefined groups of participants; in response to receiving the invitation message from the telephone device, the conference server applying the logical operator to the first predefined group of participants and the second predefined group of participants to determine a shortlist of participants; and the conference server transmitting invitations for a conference to the participants from the determined shortlist of participants. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A conference server comprising:
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a network communication interface; a processor; and data storage comprising (i) data indicating a number of predefined groups of participants and (ii) instructions executable by the processor to; (a) receive an invitation message from a telephone device via the network communication interface, wherein the invitation message includes a selection of a first predefined group of participants from the number of predefined groups of participants, a logical operator selected from the list consisting of AND, OR, NOT, and XOR, and a selection of a second predefined group of participants from the number of predefined groups of participants; (b) in response to receiving the invitation message from the telephone device, read from the invitation message the selected logical operator to the first predefined group of participants and the second predefined group of participants, and apply the selected logical operator to the first predefined group of participants and the second predefined group of participants to determine a shortlist of participants; and (c) transmit invitations for a conference to the participants from the determined shortlist of participants. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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