Apparatus for use with a group communication network
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSebastien Bouat, Jehan Monnier
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided apparatus for use with a group communication network having an addressing database, the apparatus being addressable by a user terminal connected to the network, the apparatus comprising: a receiver module for receiving an invitation from a user terminal connected to the network, the receiving means being arranged to accept the invitation to cause the user terminal and the apparatus to establish a communication, a data retrieval module for obtaining details of one or more users to be added to the communication, the details of being obtained from other than the addressing database, and a communication module for adding at least one user to the communication using the obtained details.
Claims10
Apparatus implemented on a suitably programmed processor for use with a server associated with a group communication network, in which the server is communicatively coupled to an addressing database, and in which the apparatus is addressable by a user terminal connected to the network, the apparatus comprising:
- a receiver module that receives an invitation from the user terminal connected to the network and accepts the invitation to cause the user terminal and the apparatus to establish a communication;
- a data retrieval module that obtains details of one or more users of a number of other user terminals to be added to the communication, in which the details are obtained from a database of the one or more users other than the addressing database;
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- a communication module that adds at least one of the other user terminals to the communication using the obtained details;
- in which the apparatus appears to the group communication network as a user terminal, the apparatus having an address in a format suitable for the group communication network.
A method, implemented on a suitably programmed processor, for use with a user agent addressable through a server associated with a group communication network, in which the server is communicatively coupled to an addressing database, for enabling a user terminal of the network to establish a communication with one or more other users of a number of other user terminals, comprising:
- at a receiver module of the user agent:
- receiving from the user terminal an invitation to add the user agent to the communication, and
- accepting the invitation to cause the communication to be established;
- at a data retrieval module of the user agent, obtaining details of one or more users of a number of other user terminals to be added to the communication, in which the details are obtained from a database of the one or more users other than the addressing database;
- and at a communications module of the user agent, adding at least one of the other user terminals to the communication using the obtained details;
- in which the user agent appears to the group communication network as a user terminal, the user agent having an address in a format addressable by the group communication network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.