Techniques for controlling access to teleconferences
AssigneeOracle International Corporation
InventorsRohit Koul, Gurudutta Ramanathaiah, Deepak Ramakrishnan
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Abstract
Techniques for managing teleconferences. A plurality of people are associated with a plurality of identifiers such that each person is associated with at least one identifier. For each caller to a teleconference associated with a different identifier, authentication information is solicited from the caller. Authentication information is received from the caller in response to the solicitation and a determination, based on the received authentication information, is made whether the caller is associated with one of the identifiers.
Claims25
A method of managing a conference, comprising:
- communicatively connecting together a set of people to initiate the conference;
- setting a timer;
- receiving a request to join the conference from a user;
- and
- approving the request based on the state of the timer.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing a computer system to perform a method of managing a conference, said instructions comprising:
- instructions for causing the computer system to communicatively connect together a set of people to initiate the conference;
- instructions for causing the computer system to set a timer;
- instructions for causing the computer system to receive a request to join the conference from a user;
- and
- instructions for causing the computer system to approve the request based on the state of the timer.
A method for managing a teleconference, comprising:
- associating a plurality of people with a plurality of identifiers, each person of said people associated with at least one identifier of said identifiers;
- for each caller of a plurality of callers to the teleconference that are associated with different identifiers of said identifiers:
- soliciting from the caller authentication information;
- receiving from the caller said authentication information in response to said soliciting;
- making a first determination based on said authentication information whether said caller is associated with an identifier of said identifiers;
- and
- taking a specified action for the teleconference based on said first determination
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing a computer system to perform a method for managing a teleconference, said instructions comprising:
- instructions for causing the computer system to associate a plurality of people with a plurality of identifiers, each person of said people associated with at least one identifier of said identifiers;
- instructions for causing the computer system to, for each caller of a plurality of callers to the teleconference that are associated with different identifiers:
- provide a solicitation to the caller for authentication information;
- receive from the caller said authentication information in response to said solicitation;
- make a first determination based on said authentication information whether said caller is associated with an identifier of said identifiers;
- and
- take a specified action for the teleconference based on said first determination
A system for managing teleconferences, comprising:
- a data store operable to store a plurality of identifiers, each identifier associated with at least one person;
- a server communicatively coupled to said data store and operable to, for each caller of a plurality of callers to the teleconference that are associated with different identifiers of said identifiers:
- provide a solicitation to the caller for authentication information;
- receive from the caller said authentication information in response to said solicitation;
- make a first determination based on said authentication information whether said caller is associated with an identifier of said identifiers;
- and
- take a specified action for the teleconference based on said first determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.