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Method and apparatus for managing conference calls

  • US 9,992,347 B2
  • Filed: 02/20/2017
  • Issued: 06/05/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a processing system including a processor and based on user input at a first communication device, signals indicating selection of a plurality of target participants to engage in a communication session;

    identifying, by the processing system, from presence information retrieved for each of the target participants, a target communication device having a conferencing type indicating whether the target participant can participate in video conferencing or audio-only conferencing;

    presenting, by the processing system, a list of the target participants and the conferencing type for each target communication device, wherein the list includes a plurality of distinct conferencing types, wherein a first set of the target participants is associated with video conferencing and a second set of the target participants is associated with audio-only conferencing;

    receiving, by the processing system based on user input at the first communication device, a selection of a target conferencing type, the selection thereby specifying the target conferencing type prior to initiation of the communication session, the target conferencing type comprising one of audio-only, video-only and audio-video hybrid;

    in accordance with the target conferencing type being the audio-video hybrid, contacting, by the processing system, the first set of the target participants on a video channel and the second set of the target participants on a voice channel; and

    initiating, by the processing system, the communication session with the target communication device of each of the target participants,wherein in accordance with the target conferencing type being the audio-video hybrid, an audio-video session is initiated using an IP multimedia subsystem, the IP multimedia subsystem being configured to facilitate services of circuit-switched and packet-switched systems,wherein in accordance with the target conferencing type being audio-only, the communication session is initiated with only the first set of the target participants as an audio-only communication session using the voice channel, andwherein in accordance with the target conferencing type being video-only, the communication session is initiated with only the first set of the target participants as a video-only communication session using the video channel.

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