US 10,455,191 B2Granted

Systems and methods for conference calling using personal URL

AssigneeLogMeIn, Inc.

InventorsJohn Lawrence Bracken, Daniel Boice

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Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for managing conference calling using a URL assigned to a conference call organizer. One method includes receiving, from a conference call organizer, a request to be placed into a conference call associated with a URL assigned to the organizer; and receiving, from a prospective conference call participant, a request to be placed into the conference call associated with the URL. Another method includes receiving, from a first user, through a web page of a URL assigned to the first user, a first phone number at which the first user can be called; receiving, from a second user, through the web page of the URL, a second phone number at which the second user can be called; and initiating phone calls to the first user at the first number and the second user at the second number.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for managing conference calling, the method comprising:

receiving, over an electronic network, a unique identifier to be included in a static URL of a web page;
generating, by at least one processor, the web page associated with the static URL that includes the unique identifier;
receiving, over the electronic network, from a prospective conference call participant, a request for the web page of the static URL;
transmitting, over the electronic network, the web page of the static URL to each prospective conference call participant;
receiving from each prospective conference call participant, a request to be placed into a conference call associated with the static URL;
responsive to receipt of each request to be placed into the conference call, providing a conference call bridging service with information indicating that the prospective conference call participant has requested to join the conference call associated with the static URL;
and
responsive to receipt of information from the conference call bridging service confirming that the prospective conference call participant has been joined to the conference call associated with the static URL and, as a consequence, is a current participant in the conference call, updating the web page of the static URL to display an identifier of the current participant, the web page being the web page of the static URL transmitted to each prospective conference call participant;
wherein the identifier of the current participant is one of:
an avatar, and an animation associated with the current participant, and the web page is updated to depict each of the current participants, as depicted by their respective identifiers, in association with a physical object;
wherein the static URL includes a first part that is a domain of a service provider, and a second part appended to the first part and that is the unique identifier identifying an organizer of the conference call.

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A system for managing conference calling, the system comprising:

a data storage device storing instructions for managing conference calling;
and
a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
receive, over an electronic network, a unique identifier to be included in a static URL of a web page;
generate the web page associated with the static URL that includes the unique identifier;
receive, over the electronic network, from a prospective conference call participant, a request for the web page of the static URL;
transmit, over the electronic network, the web page of the static URL to each prospective conference call participant;
receive from each prospective conference call participant, a request to be placed into a conference call associated with the static URL;
responsive to receipt of each request to be placed into the conference call, provide a conference call bridging service with information indicating that the prospective conference call participant has requested to join the conference call associated with the static URL;
and
responsive to receipt of information from the conference call bridging service confirming that the prospective conference call participant has been joined to the conference call associated with the static URL and, as a consequence, is a current participant in the conference call, update the web page of the static URL to display an identifier of the current participant, the web page being the web page of the static URL transmitted to each prospective conference call participant;
wherein the identifier of the current participant is one of:
an avatar, and an animation associated with the current participant, and the web page is updated to depict each of the current participants, as depicted by their respective identifiers, in association with a physical object.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/214,487Filed 20 Jul 2016 · continuation
Priority: 14 Mar 2013
Published: US 2017/0104959 A113 Apr 2017
Granted: 22 Oct 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04N 7/147
Between two video terminals, e.g. videophone: communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication,…
H04L 65/1104
Session protocols: session initiation protocol [SIP]
H04L 65/403
Support for services or applications: arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences
H04L 67/146
Session management: markers for unambiguous identification of a particular session, e.g. session cookie or URL-encoding

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Application13/826,210Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Mar 2013
Application14/473,011Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Aug 2014
US 8,855,285 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Oct 2014
US 2017/0104959 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Apr 2017
US 2014/0270129 A1Published application
US 2014/0369241 A1Published application
US 10,455,191 B2This patent

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