Method and system for conference call scheduling via E-mail

摘要

A method and system for conference call scheduling using e-mail. The method and system can receive and parse an e-mail received from a conference moderator, containing scheduling and participant information and schedule a conference call with minimal further user intervention. In essence, the method and system can operate as a virtual administrative assistant to identify and collect telephone contact information for each of the proposed conference call participants, using a customizable hierarchy of internal and external sources of contact information. In this manner, the conference moderator does not need know telephone contact information for each conference call participant.

主权项

1. A method of scheduling a conference call using a conference call communication comprising scheduling information for one or more identified participants, the method comprising:
determining, by a conference call server after receiving the conference call communication, telephone contact information for one or more identified participants by querying a first source of contact information provided by an enterprise network and, if the telephone contact information is not available from the first source of contact information, querying a second source of contact information outside of the enterprise network; and scheduling, by the conference call server, the conference call using the conference call communication.