Patent ID: 8872884
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of initiating a videoconference between an initiating user and one or more selected users of an instant messaging system, the method comprising: receiving a request from the initiating user to create a videoconference between himself and the one or more selected users; verifying that the initiating user is not in a videoconference or is in a videoconference that he is allowed to manage; if the initiating user is not a videoconference, starting a new videoconference; if the videoconference does not have an associated URL, requesting that an associated videoconference URL is created; obtaining the associated videoconference URL; requesting that the one or more selected users are added to the videoconference; checking if any of the one or more selected users is unavailable to be added to the videoconference; and if any of the one or more selected instant messaging system users is unavailable to be added to the videoconference, posting the associated videoconferencing URL to an instant messaging chat window of the initiating user and the one or more selected users so that the one or more selected users can join the videoconference by clicking the associated videoconferencing URL.