Patent ID: 6272214
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method for implementing an automated telemeeting session in a system comprising a plurality of service nodes, each one of said plurality of service nodes connected to at least a telecommunications network and having control of a plurality of communications nodes, said method comprising the steps of:having authenticated and authorized access to one of said plurality of service nodes, a conference administrator inputting definition information to said one of said plurality of service nodes to define the telemeeting session;responsive to said definition information, outputting from said one of said plurality of service nodes at least one identifier associated with the telemeeting session;distributing said at least one identifier in an invitation message to at least one of a plurality of intended session participants;receiving at a first of said plurality of communications nodes associated with said at least one identifier, a response to participate, from said at least one of said plurality of intended session participants, said response further including at least one user preference;distributing, from said one of said plurality of service nodes, a personal reference to said at least one of said plurality of intended session participants, said personal reference associated with a second of said plurality of communications nodes, said second of said plurality of communications nodes associated with said at least one user preference;receiving at said second of said plurality of communications nodes a request to participate in said telemeeting session from said at least one of said plurality of intended session participants; andfacilitating communication at said second of said plurality of communications nodes associated with said at least one user preference.