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7398294 Application server component that notifies one or more communication devices of one or more invitations to join communication session  
An application server component of an apparatus in one example receives an indication of one or more communication devices that are to receive one or more invitations to join a communication...
7394896 System and method for voice over internet protocol audio conferencing  
An embodiment of a conference bridge adapted for voice-over-IP applications has a modular, scalable architecture and establishes and internally relocates conference calls using SIP protocol...
7385622 Method and system for presenting a video call management console  
Management information for plural video calls is presented through a user interface that displays a list of calls prioritized based on one or more parameters, such as alarms, so that the most...
7379450 System and method for peer-to-peer multi-party voice-over-IP services  
A system, method, and computer program product for establishing multi-party VoIP conference audio calls in a distributed, peer-to-peer network where any number of nodes are able to arbitrarily and...
7369515 Providing conferencing data in a network communications system based on client capabilities  
An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are...
7366780 System and method for controlling and managing sessions between endpoints in a communications system  
In a communications system having a plurality of endpoints ( 240,242,246 ) each including a logical entity and its physical counterpart, a system for controlling and managing session between at...
7359497 Audio teleconference system with wireless communication portable terminals  
This invention is to enable transfer of a right to speak in an audio teleconference in view of usability. In this invention, a PoC server is introduced to achieve new functions, such as transfer of...
7349352 Method for handling larger number of people per conference in voice conferencing over packetized networks  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for handling larger number of people per conference in voice conferencing over packetized networks. A method for providing a conferencing...
7317919 Initiating a wireless communication session from contact information on a computer  
A communication session between a wireless communication device and one or more recipient communication devices is initiated in response to user input received at a separate computing device. The...
7317695 Conference call initiation  
An apparatus and method initiates a conference call in a telecommunication system. A call set up message is sent by a user's equipment, a message header indicating the equipment's own public...
7310320 System and method for providing reservationless conferencing  
A video teleconferencing method for providing reservationless conferencing. The method involves creating a conference profile identifying selected connection parameters; allocating a dial-in...
7308090 Conference call facility  
A conference call is established in response to receiving a request 4 from a first communication terminal 3 a . The request 4 preferably is an SMS or MMS and comprises one or more identifiers ...
7302050 Method and system for independent participant control of audio during multiparty communication sessions  
A method and system for independent participant control of audio during a multiparty communication session includes receiving an audio stream from each of a plurality of participants to a...
7301913 Transcoding arrangement in a session initiation  
This invention relates to a SIP and SDP protocols. The idea of the invention is to modify SDP descriptions included in SIP messages to facilitate transcoding. After receiving an INVITE message from...
7298834 System and method for large capacity conference calls  
A system and method for teleconferencing using multiple media mixers is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a conferencing system may include a conference control server in communication with a...
7292544 Multipoint audiovisual conferencing system  
According to the present invention there are provided a system, method and program storage device for establishing a connection for an endpoint to a scheduled audiovisual conference between a...
7289457 Signaling router for setting up multi-party multimedia sessions  
A signaling router which receives messages coming from terminals or from other signaling routers, correlates a new message with a previously received message, and forwards the new message to a...
7280492 Videoconferencing system  
A multicasting conferencing system is described wherein permanently or temporarily assigned addressing may be used. When permanently assigned multicast addressing is used, several channel...
7277697 Method and system for establishing a teleconference over a telephony network  
A teleconference system and method in which an initiator of a teleconference sends a request or instructions to the teleconference server. The teleconference server communicates with the intended...
7257090 Multi-site teleconferencing system  
A teleconferencing system ( 1 ) comprises multiple teleconferencing bridges ( 5, 6, 7 ) each having an associated database ( 8, 9, 10 ). A server ( 20 ) hosts a local engine ( 22 ) associated with...
7256816 Systems and processes for scheduling and conducting audio/video communications  
Disclosed herein are methods of scheduling and conducting video visits, as well as computer architecture for providing such scheduling and conducting, where the participants in the visit are not...
7251320 Call initiation via calendar  
A system and method for initiating calls via electronic calendar is disclosed. A call list is associated by a user to a particular time and day within the electronic calendar. When the particular...
7237004 Dataconferencing appliance and system  
Geographically distributed conference sites each have a telephone receiver and a dataconferencing appliance connected to a shared voice call network. Each site also has a display device for...
7233580 Apparatus and method for multiple party communication session  
A communication session support infrastructure comprises a networked packet based connection unit or gateway. The gateway includes a packet data interfacing unit for converting between protocols...
7231207 Intelligent incoming call management during cordless intercom mode  
In one embodiment according to the invention, a cordless telephone comprises a base unit and a handset. An RF link between the base unit and the handset is adapted for use during a telephone...
7215647 Telephone conferencing systems  
A telephone conferencing system includes a voice services equipment (VSE) allowing a number of telephone calls to be connected together to form a conferencing function. Parties wishing to set up a...
7213050 System and method for reserving conference resources for a multipoint conference using a priority scheme  
A system and method for reserving conference resources for a multipoint conference includes receiving a request for a multipoint conference reservation and a list of participants. Communication...
7209947 Data network-assisted conference establishment  
A system and method for providing data network-assisted conference service to a wireless terminal. Conference-related information is received from a conference originator and stored. Prior to...
7203177 Bandwidth efficient conferencing system with distributed processing  
A distributed intelligence conferencing system is disclosed, having a plurality of conferencing nodes to connect groups of participants to a conference. Each of the conferencing nodes provides for...
7197120 Method and system for facilitating mediated communication  
One embodiment of the disclosures made herein is a method for facilitating mediated communication. In such an embodiment of the disclosures made herein, a voice-based communication request...
7197049 Method for switching protocols transparently in multi-user applications  
An application programming interface implements a method for transparently switching from one communication protocol to another and for restoring the state of a previous connection. The application...
7191461 Method and apparatus for adapting program guides to meet subscriber criteria  
A system and method for adapting program guides to meet subscriber criteria, and for providing program guide information to selected subscribers based upon subscriber criteria such as the...
7184531 System and method for authorizing a party to join a conference  
A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for allowing an authorized party to join a conference are provided. In some embodiments, an application may create or generate a...
7184415 Service access system and method in a telecommunications network  
A system and method of providing a subscriber service to service users in a telecommunications network. In networks utilizing Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) control signaling for call setup and...
7174365 System and method for controlling one or more multipoint control units as one multipoint control unit  
A video teleconferencing system for controlling multiple multipoint control units (MCU) from a single apparatus. The system utilizes a Virtual MCU (VMCU) ( 110 ) to communicate with a plurality of...
7158487 Multimedia terminal for telephony allowing multipoint connections  
A multimedia terminal for telephony based on the ITU-T Standard H.323 sets up multipoint connections to a plurality of other terminals. The multimedia terminal has a controller for processing...
7154864 Method and apparatus for providing conference call announcement using SIP signalling in a communication system  
A method and corresponding equipment for setting up a conference call via a communication network that uses session initiation protocol (SIP) signalling for call setup, the method including steps...
7151753 System and method for establishing a conference call  
A system and method for establishing a conference call in an Internet Protocol (IP) telecommunications network between a conference owner and a plurality of other conference participants. The IP...
7139249 Method and apparatus for an audio bridge  
A method and apparatus to form an audio bridge session are described.
7133512 Conference call aggregation using an interactive voice response system  
Within an interactive voice response system, a method of aggregating conference calls can include registering a caller with the interactive voice response system, accessing a calendar system used...
7130280 Enhanced call service packet data terminal  
In communication system ( 200 ), a packet data terminal ( 102 ) (e.g., personal computer (PC), personal digital assistant (PDA), telephone, mobile radiotelephone, network access device, Internet...
7127210 Wireless communication apparatus  
This invention relates to a wireless communication apparatus including a discovery unit which discovers the completion of connection with another wireless communication apparatus, a mode setup unit...
7124166 Duplicating digital streams for digital conferencing using switching technologies  
Using switching technologies to duplicate packets of a digital stream (e.g., digital video stream) sent from one workstation to multiple recipient workstations, where the switching technologies...
7123705 Call initiation via calendar  
A system and method for initiating calls via electronic calendar is disclosed. A call list is associated by a user to a particular time and day within the electronic calendar. When the particular...
7103011 Use of IP-multicast technology for 2-party calls in mobile communication networks  
A wireless communication system 200 comprises a connectionless packet network 201 coupled to a plurality of sites 203–208 . Upon a first communication unit ( 213 ) initiating a call request...
7103010 Application independent telephone call initiation  
There are disclosed methods and apparatus for telephone call initiation. An application program causes a telephone number to be displayed. A user activates the displayed telephone number. A...
7096037 Videoconferencing bandwidth management for a handheld computer system and method  
Methods of establishing communication sessions from multiple mobile devices as well as managing available conferencing bandwidths is disclosed. One of the methods disclosed includes establishing a...
7085244 Floor control language  
A telecommunications method and system of floor control, for enabling at least one conference participant to access a shared object or resource for purposes of input. A floor control command signal...
7085243 System and method for providing reservationless conferencing  
A video teleconferencing method for providing reservationless conferencing. The method involves creating a conference profile identifying selected connection parameters; allocating a dial-in...
7065066 Communication method, communication terminal, wireless ad-hoc network and cellular phone  
Group communication is performed in the wireless ad-hoc network that has a rearrangement frequency of connection higher than the communication frequency due to the movement of communication...
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