Method and system for interoperation between multiple conference systems

• US 9,124,706 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2014
• Issued: 09/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hu, Yun, Tang, Yonggang, Peng, Bingkeng
• Primary Examiner(s): ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN
• Application Number:
  US14/188,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20140169544A1
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• Field of Search: 379/202.01, 379/201.01, 379/203.01, 379/204.01, 455/416, 715/756, 348/14.07
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/5009 Adding a party to an existing conference conducting a computer conference, e.g. admission detection H04L12/1822
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/382 using authorisation codes or passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/562 where the conference facilities are distributed

Abstract

A method for interoperation between multiple conference systems is described. In the method, a first conference system sends a call request message, which includes conference authentication information of a second conference created by a second conference system, to a second conference system for authentication. After the authentication is passed, the first conference system joins the second conference as a participant, where a type of the participant is a conference.

Claims

1. A method for interoperation between a first and second conference systems associated with a first conference and a second conference, respectively, comprising:

sending, by the first conference system, a call request message to the second conference system, wherein the call request message includes conference authentication information of the second conference created by the second conference system for authentication; and

after the authentication is passed, joining, by the first conference system, the second conference as a participant, wherein a type of the participant is a conference;

wherein the call request message further includes access information of the first conference created by the first conference system; and

the method further comprises;

receiving, by the first conference system, an access request associated with the access information from the second conference system; and

providing, by the first conference system, a conference control interface of the first conference for the second conference system.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the first conference system, a call response message from the second conference system, wherein the call response message includes access information of the second conference;

accessing, by the first conference system, a conference control interface of the second conference according to the access information of the second conference; and

performing, by the first conference system, conference control over the second conference.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first conference system includes access information of the second conference configured thereon, and the method further comprises:

accessing, by the first conference system, a conference control interface of the second conference according to the access information of the second conference; and

performing, by the first conference system, conference control over the second conference.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the access information of the second conference comprises:

an access path of the conference control interface of the second conference.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the call request message further includes conference authentication information of the first conference.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the call response message further includes a conference name of the second conference, and the method further comprises:

adding, by the first conference system, the second conference system into the first conference as a participant, wherein a name for identifying the second conference system is the conference name of the second conference.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the call response message further includes a language type of the second conference, and the method further comprises:

adding by the first conference system, the second conference system into the first conference as a participant, wherein language used for playing a conference alert tone to the second conference system is indicated by the language type of the second conference.

8. A first conference system, comprising:

a sending unit, configured to send a call request message to a second conference system, wherein the call request message includes conference authentication information of a second conference created by the second conference system for authentication; and

a conference service apparatus, configured to add, after the authentication is passed, the first conference system into the second conference as a participant, wherein a type of the participant is a conference;

wherein the call request message further includes access information of a first conference created by the first conference system; and

the conference service apparatus is further configured to receive an access request associated with the access information from the second conference system and provide a conference control interface of the first conference for the second conference system.

9. The first conference system according to claim 8, further comprising a receiving unit, wherein the receiving unit is configured to receive a call response message from the second conference system, wherein the call response message includes access information of the second conference;

and

the first conference system is further configured to access a conference control interface of the second conference according to the access information of the second conference, and perform conference control over the second conference.

10. The first conference system according to claim 9, wherein the call response message received by the receiving unit further includes a conference name of the second conference, wherein when the first conference system adds the second conference system into the first conference as a participant, a name for identifying the second conference system is the conference name of the second conference.

11. The first conference system according to claim 9, wherein the call response message received by the receiving unit further includes a language type of the second conference, wherein when the first conference system adds the second conference system into the first conference as a participant, language used for playing a conference alert tone to the second conference system is indicated by the language type of the second conference.

12. The first conference system according to claim 8, further comprising a configuration unit, wherein the configuration unit is configured to pre-configure access information of the second conference on the first conference system;

and

the first conference system is further configured to access a conference control interface of the second conference according to the access information of the second conference and perform conference control over the second conference.

13. The first conference system according to claim 8, wherein the call request message further includes conference authentication information of the first conference.