Techniques for managing a multimedia conference call
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorSrivatsa K. Srinivasan
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Abstract
Techniques include managing a multimedia conference call. An apparatus may comprise a wireless device having at least one wireless transceiver and a conference call manager module. The conference call manager module may establish a voice connection and a data connection for a multimedia conference call using the wireless transceiver, the voice connection to communicate media information and the data connection to communicate conference call event information during the multimedia conference call.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a request to join a conference call by activating a single user interface selection item on a mobile station having conference call connection information;
- establishing a first connection from the mobile station to a conference bridge over a first type of communication channel using the conference call connection information in response to the request, the first type of communication channel comprising a voice channel;
- establishing a second connection from the mobile station to a server using the conference call connection information in response to the request;
- and receiving media information at the mobile station from the conference bridge over the first connection and conference call event information from the server over the second connection during the conference call.
An article of manufacture comprising a memory unit storage medium containing instructions that when executed cause a system to:
- receive a request to join a conference call by activating a single user interface selection item on a mobile station having conference call connection information;
- establish a voice connection from the mobile station to a conference bridge using the conference call connection information in response to the request;
- establish a data connection from the mobile station to a server using the conference call connection information in response to the request;
- and receive media information at the mobile station from the conference bridge over the voice connection and conference call event information from the server over the data connection.
An apparatus comprising a wireless device having at least one wireless transceiver and a conference call manager module, the conference call manager module to establish from the wireless device a voice connection to a conference bridge and a data connection to a server for a multimedia conference call using the wireless transceiver, the voice connection to communicate and receive media information and the data connection to communicate conference call event information during the multimedia conference call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.