Facilitating multi-party conferences, including allocating resources needed for conference while establishing connections with participants
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- indicating whether each of a plurality of conference participants is a dial-in participant or a dial-out participant;
connecting a conference participant of the plurality of conference participants to a reservationless conference, comprising one of;
receiving a dial-in from the conference participant; and
establishing a dial-out with the conference participant; and
allocating resources for the reservationless conference upon connecting the conference participant to the reservationless conference; and
invoking the reservationless conference upon connecting the conference participant to the reservationless conference.
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Abstract
A system includes a network interface for sending and receiving one or more of video data and audio data between two or more endpoints. One or more of a video data source and an audio data source located at more than one endpoint and a control unit for controlling one or more of the video data and the audio data between endpoints. The control unit is operable to execute instructions to specify more than one participant in a conference, wherein at least one participant is remotely located and invoke the conference upon receiving one or more requests to connect to the conference by one or more participants. The control unit is further operable to allocate resources upon the conference being invoked and connect participants to the conference.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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indicating whether each of a plurality of conference participants is a dial-in participant or a dial-out participant; connecting a conference participant of the plurality of conference participants to a reservationless conference, comprising one of; receiving a dial-in from the conference participant; and establishing a dial-out with the conference participant; and allocating resources for the reservationless conference upon connecting the conference participant to the reservationless conference; and invoking the reservationless conference upon connecting the conference participant to the reservationless conference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a storage device, coupled to the processor, on which are stored instructions, comprising instructions that when executed cause the processor to; indicate whether each of a plurality of conference participants is a dial-in participant or a dial-out participant; connect a conference participant of the plurality of conference participants to a reservationless conference, comprising instructions that when executed cause the processor to either; receive a dial-in from the conference participant;
orestablish a dial-out with the conference participant; allocate resources for the reservationless conference upon connecting the conference participant to the reservationless conference; and invoke the reservationless conference upon connecting the conference participant to the reservationless conference. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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indicating whether each of a plurality of conference participants is a dial-in participant or a dial-out participant, and indicating whether one or more of the plurality of conference participants is a chairperson for a reservationless conference; connecting a conference participant of the plurality of conference participants to the reservationless conference, comprising one of; receiving a dial-in from at least one conference participant; and establishing a dial-out with at least one conference participant; delaying one or more connections to the reservationless conference by one or more participants until the reservationless conference is invoked; invoking the reservationless conference upon connecting a chairperson to the reservationless conference; and allocating resources for connecting participants to the reservationless conference, the resources allocated depending upon participants connected. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A system, comprising:
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a processor; and a storage device, on which are stored instructions, comprising instructions that when executed cause the processor to; indicate whether each of a plurality of conference participants is a dial-in participant or a dial-out participant, wherein at least one participant of the plurality of conference participants is located remotely; indicate whether one or more of the plurality of conference participants is a chairperson for a reservationless conference; establish a dial-in or dial-out connection to the reservationless conference with a conference participant of the plurality of conference participants; invoke the reservationless conference and allocate resources for the reservationless conference responsive to a determination that a chairperson has connected to the reservationless conference; and delay connection of participants to the reservationless conference responsive to a determination that no chairperson has connected to the reservationless conference. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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