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RFID for available resources not connected to the network

  • US 8,942,366 B2
  • Filed: 09/09/2013
  • Issued: 01/27/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • ascertaining, via a processor, a location of a particular participant of a conference between two or more participants or of a hotspot that is proximate to the particular participant, the two or more participants including the particular participant;

    detecting available resources that are available and proximate to the location, wherein the available resources comprise resources that are off-line or shutdown;

    receiving a request from a requesting participant in the two or more participants;

    in response to the request and during the conference, providing status and location information of the available resources that are detected and proximate to the location, wherein one of the available resources is selected, during the conference, by the requesting participant for use by the particular participant during the conference; and

    in response to a selection of the one of the available resources, escalating the conference, during the conference, by upgrading a current resource of a plurality of current resources that is currently being used by the particular participant in the conference to one of the available resources.

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