Patent ID: 6504568
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: H04M,H04N,H04Q

Abstract:
A line reserving system for a multipoint teleconference, the line reserving system comprising:a plurality of reserving terminals connected to each other via communication lines; a reservation center connected to each of the reserving terminals through the communication lines; the reservation center including an image Generator which generates image information relating to characters to be displayed on the reserving terminals, the characters providing information for line selection to reserve a conference line of the communication lines for the multipoint conference; each reserving terminal including: a display; an image display unit which receives, via a line reserving line of the communication lines, the image information and displays the characters on the display; an input device which receives a selection of a user in response to the characters on the display, and an information transmitter which transmits, via the line reserving line, the selection of the user to the reservation center; reservation center further including: an information receiver which receives, via the line reserving line, the selection of the user; and a line reserving unit which reserves the conference line in accordance with the selection of the user.