Patent ID: 7603412
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications method, comprising: scheduling a multimedia conference among a plurality of users using a calendar application, scheduling including a scheduled conference time and listing conference participants; notifying a telephony server of the multimedia conference at said scheduled conference time, said calendar application providing said telephony server with notification, the telephony server selectively initiating the multimedia conference, the multimedia conference being selectively initiated by transmitting a request to an identified host user to begin the multimedia conference; determining, responsive to said scheduling, which of said listed conference participants has an Instant Messaging capability; determining a presence of those of said listed conference participants determined to have Instant Messaging capability at a time of a multimedia conference; and connecting said multimedia conference responsive to the initiating using a multimedia packet protocol via said telephony server calling the listed conference participants and establishing a subsequent parallel Instant Messaging session via an IM server among at least a subset of said listed conference participants determined to have Instant Messaging capabilities and be present based on said determining a presence, said establishing a subsequent parallel Instant Messaging session including communicating one or more lists of common listed conference participants from the telephony server to the IM server.