发明名称 Joining a teleconference
摘要 A method for joining a teleconference includes receiving a schedule for the teleconference at a conferencing system. The schedule may include a start time for the teleconference and one or more conference rooms for attendees to use during the teleconference. A first message is sent from the conferencing system to the at least one communication device. The first message indicates to the at least one communication device to provide a user notification associated with the teleconference. A second message is received at the conferencing system. The second message is sent in response to an action by an attendee of the teleconference. The second message indicates to the conferencing system to initiate the teleconference with the at least one communication device or to join the at least one communication device to the teleconference.
申请公布号 US9137376(B1) 申请公布日期 2015.09.15
申请号 US201414508216 申请日期 2014.10.07
申请人 ShoreTel, Inc. 发明人 Basart Edwin;Crausaz Pascal
分类号 H04M3/42;G06F15/16;H04M3/56 主分类号 H04M3/42
代理机构 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP 代理人 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
主权项 1. A method for joining a teleconference, the method comprising: sending an electronic invitation to participate in the teleconference to a plurality of invitees, the electronic invitation including a start time for the teleconference and one or more conference rooms for attendees to use during the teleconference, each conference room associated with at least one communication device for sharing media between the attendees during the teleconference, the at least one communication device being physically located within the associated conference room, where the at least one communication device is a conference phone, a mobile phone, a telephone, a laptop computer, a tablet, a projector, a display, or a computing device, and the media includes at least one of audio, video, text, chat, or document sharing; at the start time or at a predetermined period of time before the start time, sending a first message from a conferencing system to the at least one communication device, the first message indicating to the at least one communication device to provide a user notification associated with the teleconference, the user notification for providing a notice related to joining the teleconference to any of the attendees present in the conference room, the user notification including at least one of an audible notification produced by the at least one communication device, a visual notification produced on a screen of the at least one communication device, a visual indicator on the at least one communication device, or a vibration produced by the at least one communication device; in response to the user notification, activating, by someone in the conference room, a join conference application by performing at least one of pressing a button associated with the at least one communication device, responding to a prompt associated with the at least one communication device, tapping a popup on a touchscreen associated with the at least one communication device, making a gesture recognized by a sensor associated with the at least one communication device, vocalizing a command recognized by a sensor associated with the at least one communication device, or providing an identifier or a code to an access system associated with the at least one communication device; and in response to activating the join conference application, sending a second message from the at least one communication device to the conferencing system, the second message indicating to the conferencing system to initiate the teleconference with the at least one communication device or to join the at least one communication device to the teleconference.
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