Personal web-based teleconferencing method and system
AssigneeCall Sciences
InventorsMichael J. Sammon, Wai Nam Tam, Warren S. Gifford, David Turock
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Abstract
A method and system which utilize a graphical user interface to identify potential participants in a teleconference, specify a user-controlled dial-up/hang-up order, and monitor the status of participants to the teleconference. The method and system receive conference commands from a World Wide Web (WWW) browser and translate the conference commands into commands that control a telephone bridge.
Claims27
A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer storage medium and a computer program code mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium for causing a computer to control a telephone bridge linked to the computer, the computer controlling the telephone bridge based on commands from a graphical user interface of a non-operator, the computer program code mechanism comprising:
- a first computer code device configured to receive a message from the graphical user interface of the non-operator;
- a second computer code device configured to convert the message into a bridge command specific to the telephone bridge;
- a third computer code device configured to send the bridge command to the telephone bridge;
- a fourth computer code device configured to receive a response from the telephone bridge;
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- a fifth computer code device configured to send the response to the graphical user interface of the non-operator.
An apparatus for controlling a telephone bridge based on commands from a graphical user interface of a non-operator, the apparatus comprising:
- a first receiver for receiving a message from the graphical user interface of the non-operator;
- a converter for converting the message into the bridge command specific to the telephone bridge;
- a first transmitter for transmitting the bridge command to the telephone bridge;
- a second receiver for receiving a response from the telephone bridge;
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- a second transmitter for transmitting the response to the graphical user interface of the non-operator.
A computer-implemented method for causing a computer to control a telephone bridge linked to the computer, the computer controlling the telephone bridge based on commands from a graphical user interface of a non-operator, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a message from the graphical user interface of the non-operator;
- converting the message into a bridge command specific to the telephone bridge;
- transmitting the bridge command to the telephone bridge;
- receiving a response from the telephone bridge;
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- transmitting the response to the graphical user interface of the non-operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.