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US 8,819,129 B1Granted
Auto join conference
AssigneeAvaya Inc.
InventorsShaiju Cyriac, Diana Messano D'Angelo, Sreerupa Das, Bruce W. Hill, William C. Leck
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems for automatically managing conference calls. More specifically, a user may join a conference call by calling a universal conference call number. The user is identified and connected with a specific conference call number without requiring the user to remember the specific conference call number.
Claims25
A method for managing a conference call at a server associated with a universal conference number, comprising:
- receiving, at the server, a contact from a participant of a conference call;
- searching, at a conference database, user identification information and information related to a plurality of scheduled conferences, the plurality of scheduled conferences being accessible via a publically available universal conference number;
- identifying the participant by analyzing participant data unique to the participant;
- in an absence of requiring a user to enter a unique participation code for a particular conference call corresponding to one of the plurality of scheduled conferences, determining a conference from among the plurality of scheduled conferences that the participant is scheduled to participate in based on the participant data unique to the participant;
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- connecting the participant to the determined conference.
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A system for managing a conference, comprising:
- a database comprising user identification information and information related to a plurality of scheduled conferences, the plurality of scheduled conferences being accessible via a universal conference number;
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- a server operable to receive a contact from at least one telecommunication device along with user information, the user information uniquely identifying a user of the at least one telecommunication device, compare the user information received from the at least one telecommunication device with the user identification information in the database to identify the user and determine, in an absence of requiring the user to enter a unique participation code for a particular conference, at least one conference from among the plurality of scheduled conferences the user is scheduled to participate in, and further thereafter connect the user to the at least one conference the user is scheduled to participate in.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.