Method and system for enhanced conference call security
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsDouglas Michael Gisby, Brian Edward Anthony McColgan, Christopher Labrador, Kevin W. Andrewin, Nicholas Patrick Alfano
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Abstract
A method for controlling access, of a communication device, to a conference call, the method comprising determining contextual attributes related to the device, evaluating the contextual attributes against a set of access requirements and connecting the device to the conference call if one or more of the access requirements is satisfied.
Claims14
A method at a conference call server for controlling access, of a communication device, to a conference call, the method comprising:
- obtaining at least one contextual attribute related to the communication device, the at least one contextual attribute related to the communication device used in the conference call comprising one or more of:
- a location of the communication device, a peripheral—used for conference call communication and connected to the communication device, a state of the communication device, presence information for the communication device, or a feature of the communication device;
- evaluating the at least one contextual attribute against at least one access requirement;
- and
- connecting the communication device to the conference call if the at least one evaluated contextual attribute satisfies the at least one access requirement, wherein the access requirement is defined in a policy document that specifies a set of access requirements to be satisfied by the communication device.
A system for controlling access of a communication device to a conference call, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a communications subsystem,
- wherein the processor and communications subsystem are configured to:
- obtain at least one contextual attribute related to the communication device;
- evaluate the at least one contextual attribute against at least one access requirement to be satisfied, the at least one contextual attribute related to the communication device used in the conference call and being one or more of:
- a location of the communication device, a peripheral used for conference call communication and connected to the communication device, a state of the communication device, presence information for the communication device, and a feature of the communication device;
- and
- allow access by the communication device to the conference call if one or more of the at least one evaluated contextual attribute satisfies the at least one access requirement, wherein the access requirement is defined in a policy document that specifies a set of access requirements to be satisfied by the communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.