发明名称 Consolidating multi-party communications
摘要 Methods, devices, and products facilitate consolidating multi-user communications by redirecting calls to a multi-user device, with which multiple users can interact. A multi-user device monitors the density of users and devices within a specified distance of the multi-user device. Based at least in part on the proximity of a user, the multi-user device can designate a preferred device associated with the user and inform a multi-user-device server of the preference. The multi-user-device server provides a conference server with instructions that include contact information for the preferred devices to be used by the conference server when initiating a multi-user communication session.
申请公布号 US8868650(B1) 申请公布日期 2014.10.21
申请号 US201012834613 申请日期 2010.07.12
申请人 Sprint Communications Company L.P. 发明人 Reeves Raymond Emilio;Wick Ryan Alan;Xue Wen
分类号 G06F15/16 主分类号 G06F15/16
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A Non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, facilitate a method of consolidating a multi-party communication, the method comprising: receiving conference-contact information from a multi-user device associated with a first user, the first user also associated with a separate single user communication device, said conference-contact information including an indication of whether a first user is within a predetermined physical proximity of the multi-user device; storing said conference-contact information in a status record corresponding to the multi-user device; receiving a conference notification from a conference server, said notification comprising a request from a second user to set up a conference between the first user, the second user, and a third user; determining, based at least in part upon said conference-contact information, that the multi-user device is a default preferred device associated with the first user by evaluating priority rules that specify which of two or more of the user's devices is preferred in different conditions, and wherein the multi-user device is the default preferred device according to the priority rules when the first user is within a predetermined physical proximity of the multi-user device, wherein the default preferred device is a device on which the first user should be contacted; receiving an indication from the multi-user device that the first user will not communicate on the multi-user device during the conference; upon receiving the indication, receiving one or more user preferences from the first user indicating that the separate single user communication device is a preferred device for use during the conference; and providing the conference server with a setup instruction comprising a setup contact identifier that identifies the separate single user communication device as the preferred device for use during the conference.
地址 Overland Park KS US