Method and a system for finding a time and a place for two or more users to communicate in the form of a meeting
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
InventorBjorn E. R. Jonsson
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Abstract
A method and a system for establishing communication between two users over at least one telecommunication network. Communication is established in the form of a meeting between the users. The users cooperate in the establishment of the meeting by the first user A sending a meeting request to an intermediary, called a meeting broker, which negotiates with the users in order to establish the conditions under which the proposed meeting shall take place. A connection between the users A and B is not established on the initiative of the meeting broker until both users A and B are in agreement with the conditions.
Claims22
A method of organizing communication between at least two users in the form of a meeting, of which a first user wishes to communicate with a second user via at least one telecommunication network, wherein the first user sends to an intermediary, which is called a meeting broker, a request, called a meeting request, corresponding to the first user's desire to communicate, comprising the steps of:
- creating a meeting record by the meeting broker and allotting each user a respective meeting reference to relate the user to the meeting;
- reporting to the meeting broker each user's respective desire in respect to the meeting inclusive of a changed attitude to the desired meeting;
- detecting at the meeting broker when the desires of the users are consistent with each other;
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- initiating the establishment of a connection between the users when it is detected that the desires of the users are consistent with each other.
A system for organizing communication between at least two users in the form of a meeting, of which a first user wishes to communicate with a second user via at least one telecommunication network, wherein the first user sends to an intermediary, which is called a meeting broker, a request, called a meeting request, corresponding to the first user's desire to communicate, comprising the steps of:
- meeting broker means for creating a meeting record and allotting each user a respective meeting reference to relate the user to the meeting;
- means for reporting to the meeting broker each user's respective desire in respect to the meeting inclusive of a changed attitude to the desired meeting;
- means for detecting at the meeting broker when the desires of the users are consistent with each other;
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- means for initiating the establishment of a connection between the users when it is detected that the desires of the users are consistent with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.