Call initiation via calendar
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorSteven Todd
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Abstract
A system and method for initiating calls via electronic calendar is disclosed. A call list is associated by a user to a particular time and day within the electronic calendar. When the particular day and time arrives, the call list is forwarded to a service which executes the call list, and subsequently contacts the members of the call list. The system may initially query the callees through a text messaging system to determine which callees are present, and then establish a telephone connection based on responses to the queries. Once a connection is established, the user and the members of the list are linked to a conference bridge.
Claims20
A system for initiating an audio host client call, comprising:
- a) at least one computer storage medium;
- b) at least one processing apparatus, communicatively coupled to the at least one computer storage medium;
- c) an interface, communicatively coupled to the processing apparatus;
- d) a calendar means, stored in said at least one computer storage medium and communicatively coupled to the interface;
- e) an executable call list containing a list of callees, stored in said at least one computer storage medium and communicatively coupled to the interface;
- f) a text messaging system communicatively coupled to the interface for querying callees on the call list;
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- g) communication means, for establishing audio communication on a network among callees responding affirmatively to a text query, wherein communication means executes the call list via the calendar means through a network.
A method for initiating a host client call comprising:
- a) establishing a call execution for a device with a date and time on an electronic calendar;
- b) associating at least one call list with the call execution, the call list containing at least one callee;
- c) communicating the call list to a computing device upon call execution;
- d) transmitting a text message query to at least one callee to determine whether the callee is present for a call;
- e) establishing a network connection with at least one remote audio communications device in accordance with responses from the at least one callee to the query;
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- f) linking the device and the at least one remote device to at least one conference bridge.
A system for initiating a host client call, comprising:
- a) least one computer storage medium;
- b) at least one processing apparatus, communicatively coupled to the at least one computer storage medium;
- c) an interface, communicatively coupled to the processing apparatus;
- d) a calendar means, stored in said at least one computer storage medium and communicatively coupled to the interface;
- e) an executable call list, stored in said at least one computer storage medium and communicatively coupled to the interface;
- f) maintained call history update means containing numbers previously dialed, the maintained call history update means communicatively coupled to the executable call list for updating the call list according to the numbers previously dialed;
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- g) communication means, for establishing communication on a network, wherein communication means executes the call list via the calendar means through a network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.