Patent ID: 8760487
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An adaptor comprising: a first interface configured to connect to a telephone handset and configured to receive signals from, and transmit signals to, the telephone handset; a second interface configured to connect to a telephone base and configured to receive signals from, and transmit signals to, a telephone network via the telephone base; a third interface configured to connect to a computer and to receive signals from, and transmit signals to, a data network via the computer; a user input mechanism configured to receive a start meeting command from a user of the telephone handset and computer; and a microprocessor configured to, in response to a start meeting command being received on the user input mechanism, initiate an online meeting between the user of the telephone handset and computer, and one or more other users accessible over the telephone network and the data network, by transmission of a start meeting command, via the computer over the data network, receipt of a meeting identification, via the computer from the data network, and transmission of the received meeting identification, via the telephone base to the telephone network.