Patent ID: 9743255
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for forming and collaborating using a Telephony Collaboration Manager (TCM) subscription system including an admin device and a guest device, the method comprising: activating a wireless feature on the admin device; determining, by the admin device, whether a new TCM group is to be created by the admin device; determining, by the admin device, whether to subscribe the guest device to an existing TCM group; determining, by the admin device, whether to join the guest device to a subscribed TCM group that the guest device previously joined; when the admin device determines that the admin device is to create the new TCM group, creating the new TCM group and assigning a name to the new TCM group; when the admin device determines that the guest device is to subscribe to the existing TCM group, scanning for the existing TCM group and transmitting a subscription request requesting that the guest device be subscribed to the existing TCM group; and when the admin device determines that the guest device is to join the subscribed TCM group that the guest device previously joined, scanning for the subscribed TCM group that the guest device previously joined and transmitting a join request requesting that the guest device be registered with the subscribed TCM group that the guest device previously joined.