Patent ID: 8248446

Claim:
A method for enabling a network connected computer to participate in a call or a conference between one or more video conference terminals, comprising: receiving at the network connected computer a browser activatable link that includes embedded therein a uniform resource identifier, said link providing access to a conference call, accessing a Video Software Client Server (VSCS), via the uniform resource identifier, from the browser of the network connected computer when said link is activated by said browser, determining, with the browser of the network connected computer, whether a Video Software Client (VSC) is already installed in the network connected computer in response to said link being activated by said browser, if said browser determines that said VSC is not downloaded, downloading said VSC from said VSCS to the network connected computer and installing the VSC therein, after the VSC is downloaded, initiating a conference call using the VSC between said network connected computer and the one or more video terminals, and downloading from the VSCS, to the network connected computer, SIP (session initiation protocol) URI's (universal resource indicators) of the VSC installed in the network connected computer and the one or more video conference terminals, in addition to control parameters associated with the conference call.