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US 8,478,819 B1Granted
Automatically initiating a process by the outcome of a voting conference
AssigneeAvaya Inc.
InventorDennis C. Kornbluh
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Abstract
A voting application is integrated into a conference application to create a voting conference, and the conference outcome automatically initiates a process that is a function of the outcome.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- receiving,
- at least one processor, an event from an event source;
- in response to the receiving, determining two or more participants for a conference;
- determining from the two or more participants, one or more decision makers;
- creating a conference of the two or more participants;
- in the conference, the at least one processor informing only the decision makers of a decision tree comprising a hierarchy of possible outcomes corresponding to a plurality of tree nodes, wherein the possible outcomes at tree nodes that are higher in the hierarchy, predetermine possible outcomes at tree nodes that are lower in the hierarchy;
- in the conference, the at least one processor determining at least some of the participants' selections of the choices;
- from the determined selections, the at least one processor determining an outcome, wherein the outcome is determined from the possible outcomes;
- in response to determining the outcome, the at least one processor automatically causing a function of the outcome to be performed by an outcome sink;
- wherein the event source and the outcome sink are each a separate and distinct entity from the at least one processor, the participants, and user terminals of the participants;
- wherein determining by the at least one processor at least some of the participants' selections comprises determining by the at least one processor only the decision-makers' selections of the choices;
- and
- wherein determining only the decision-makers' selections of the choices comprises sending a message specifying the requester, a selection of one of the choices, and one of the decision-makers who made the one choice.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a conference service including a processor configured to create a conference of participants;
- an interactive system including a processor configured to:
- determine, from two or more participants, one or more decision makers;
- inform, during the conference, only the decision-makers of a decision tree comprising a hierarchy of possible outcomes corresponding to a plurality of tree nodes, wherein the possible outcomes at tree nodes that are higher in the hierarchy predetermine possible outcomes at tree nodes that are lower in the hierarchy;
- determine, during the conference, at least some of the participants' selections of the choices;
- a processing entity configured to:
- responsive to receipt of an event from an event source, cause the conference service to create the conference, and
- responsive to an outcome of the conference, automatically cause an outcome sink to perform a function of the outcome, wherein the outcome is determined from the possible outcomes;
- wherein at least one of the processing entity, the conference service, and the interactive system is configured to determine, responsive to the determined selections, the outcome from the determined selections;
- the event source and the outcome sink are each a separate and distinct entity from the conference service, the processing entity, the interactive system, and user terminals of the participants;
- wherein the conference service is for determining, during the conference, only the decision-makers' selections of the choices;
- and
- wherein the conference service is adapted to send to the processing entity a message specifying the requester, a selection of one of the choices, and one of the decision-makers who made the one choice.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.