NETWORK-BASED ON-DEMAND MULTIPARTY MULTIMEDIA CALL SET UP AND DIRECTORY SERVICE

摘要

A communications system is provided in which a calling party can retrieve directory information for placing multimedia calls from a World Wide Web server. The calling party selects the parties to be called by highlighting selected parties on displayed Web pages of directory information. The calling party can initiate a point-to-point multimedia call or a multiple party multimedia conference using the highlighted directory information.