Patent ID: 9231775
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for initialization of a scheduled conference in a communication network, comprising: receiving a selection of conference participants for a conference, the conference participants comprising at least one first conference participant located in a first geographical location associated with a first site in a first geographical area and at least one second conference participant located in a second geographical location associated with a second site in a second geographical area, the first site being at a different geographical location than the second site; determining a geographical location area for each of the at least one first conference participant and the at least one second conference participant; interrogating at least one presence server to determine a reachability of each of the at least one first conference participant and the at least one second conference participant; a first conference server associated with the first site communicating with a second conference server associated with the second site to determine conference resources in the first and second geographical areas for use by the conference participants based on the determined geographical location areas; the first conference server determining whether a first conference resource in the determined geographical location area of the at least one first conference participant is available for use for the at least one first conference participant for the conference and assigning the first conference resource to the conference between the at least one first conference participant and at least one second conference participant if the first conference resource is available; the second conference server determining whether a second conference resource in the determined geographical location area of the at least one second conference participant is available for use for the at least one second conference participant for the conference and assigning the second conference resource to the conference between the at least one first conference participant and at least one second conference participant if the second conference resource is available; the first conference server sending a notification message to the at least one first conference participant that identifies the first conference resource and provides scheduling information about the conference between the at least one first conference participant and the at least one second conference participant; and the second conference server sending a notification message to the at least one second conference participant that identifies the second conference resource and provides scheduling information about the conference between the at least one first conference participant and the at least one second conference participant.