Patent ID: 9652738
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: generating a communication session address associated with a conference, the communication session address for relaying messages of a plurality of different message types to the conference; receiving a message of a first message type of the plurality of different message types and directed to the communication session address, wherein the received message is not received as part of the conference; determining a current context of the conference based at least in part on whether the conference has started; modifying the received message from the first message type to a second message type of the plurality of different message types based at least in part on the determined current context of the conference, wherein the received message comprises a voicemail message type and wherein modifying the received message comprises modifying the received communication from the voicemail message type to at least one of a social networking message type, an instant message type, or an email message type when the current conference context indicates the conference has started; and relaying, via a processor, the received message to a first attendee currently participating in the conference and the modified received message to a second attendee that is not currently participating in the conference and wherein relaying the modified received message comprises delivering the modified received message during the conference.