Associating independent multimedia sources into a conference call

• US 20070294263A1
• Filed: 05/08/2007
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ericsson AB (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Original Assignee: Ericsson, Inc. (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Inventors: Punj, Arun, Huber, Richard E., Smith, Gregory Howard
• Application Number:
  US11/800,866
• Publication Number:
  US 20070294263A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4046 with distributed floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems

Abstract

A teleconferencing system includes a network. The system includes a content node having content and an address in the network and in communication with the network. The system includes a first user node and a second user node in communication with each other through the network to form a conference. The first user node able to provide the address of the content node through the network to the first and second nodes so the first and second nodes can both access the content of the content node during the conference. A method for providing a teleconference call. A teleconferencing node.

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