Patent ID: 8269814

Claim:
A method, comprising: retrieving, by a telepresence manager, directory data associated with a group of scheduled telepresence conferences from a group scheduler, the telepresence manager coupled to the group scheduler, a controller, and a user interface, the user interface having a command button associated with a telepresence conference selected from the group of scheduled telepresence conferences; extracting, by the telepresence manager, conference data from the directory data; storing, by the telepresence manager, the conference data in a first memory; extracting, by the telepresence manager, session data from the conference data; receiving, by the controller, the session data from the telepresence manager periodically; storing, by the controller, the received session data in a second memory; accessing, by the controller, the received session data; and establishing, by the controller, the selected telepresence conference in response to a user activating the command button.