Dynamically configured conferencing
AssigneeCloud9 Technologies, LLC
InventorAndrew Pappas
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for dynamic configuration of a digital conference call among customer premise equipment (CPE) such that CPEs that are determined to be located on a same local network connect via a peer-to-peer connection and CPEs that are determined to not be located on the same local network connect via a client-server connection.
Claims18
A dynamically provisioning conference call system for a conference call among at least three customers, said system comprising:
- a conference server;
- each of said customers associated with a respective customer premise equipment (CPE);
- at least one of said at least three CPEs being located within a network;
- said at least one CPE having a conference call module that determines a location of at least two others of said at least three CPEs;
- said conference call module causing said at least one CPE to connect to one of said at least two others of said CPEs via a peer-to-peer connection for said conference call when said conference call module determines that said one of said at least two others of said CPEs is located within the network;
- and,
- said conference call module causing said at least one CPE to connect to another of said at least two others of said CPEs for said conference call through the conference server when said conference call module determines that said another of said at least two others of said CPEs is not located within the network.
A method for a customer premise equipment to dynamically configuring a digital conference call among at least three customers, said method comprising:
- a customer premise equipment (CPE) associated with one of said customers determining that a CPE associated with another of said customers is located on a same network as said CPE associated with said one of said customers;
- said CPE associated with said one of said customers setting up a peer-to-peer connection with said CPE associated with said another of said customers for participation in a conference call;
- said CPE associated with said one of said customers determining that a CPE associated with yet another of said customers is located on a different network from said CPE associated with said one of said customers;
- and,
- said CPE associated with said one of said customers setting up a connection with said CPE associated with said yet another of said customers through a conference server for participation in said conference call.
A method for a customer premises equipment to dynamically configuring a digital conference call among at least three customers, said method comprising:
- a customer premise equipment (CPE) associated with one of said customers determining that a CPE associated with another of said customers is located on a different network from said CPE associated with said one of said customers;
- and,
- said CPE associated with said one of said customers setting up a client-server connection with said CPE associated with said another of said customers for participation in a conference call;
- and,
- said CPE associated with said one of said customers changing said connection with said another of said customers to a peer-to-peer connection for participation in said conference call in response to determining that said CPE associated with said another of said customers includes a priority associated therewith.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.