Method and apparatus for dynamic launching of a teleconferencing application upon receipt of a call

In a computer system having a memory, a processor, and a network interface, an apparatus comprising:

• a call directing module;
• a process manager coupled to said call directing module;
• and,
• a conferencing component coupled to said network interface and said call directing module;
• where said conferencing component is configured by said call directory module to notify said call directing module upon receipt of an incoming call and causing said call director to signal said process manager to activate a conferencing application based on a listen string, said listen string containing an application signature, an application signal type, and an application signal port.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to said processor;
• a network interface coupled to said processor;
• said memory configured to cause said processor to:
• receiving an incoming call signal on said network interface;
• processing said incoming call signal to detect an intended recipient application using a listen string, said listen string containing an application signature, an application signal type and an application signal sort;
• and
• launching a conferencing application using said application signature.

In a computer system having a memory, a processor, and a network interface, an apparatus comprising:

• means for launching a call director unit to set up a demon conference component in said memory;
• means for receiving an incoming call signal on said network interface;
• means for processing said incoming call signal in said demon conference component to detect an intended recipient application using a listen string, said listen string containing an application signature, an application signal type and an application signal port;
• and
• means for launching said intended recipient application using said application signature.

An article comprising a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed, causes:

• launching a call director unit to set up a demon conference component in a memory;
• receiving an incoming call signal on a network interface;
• processing said incoming call signal in said demon conference component to detect an intended recipient application using a listen string, said listen string containing an application signature, an application signal type and an application signal port;
• and
• launching said intended recipient application using said application signature.