Patent ID: 8260854

Claim:
A method for configuring a content server comprising: storing, with said content server, a plurality of video conference templates in a database in said content server, each video conference template containing user aliases or parts of user aliases associated with a user, and personal settings for streaming or recording a video conference call with said content server that are associated with said user aliases or said parts of said user aliases, the video conference template being available to automatically configure streaming or recording of plural different video conference calls in which the user associated with each video conference template participates, each video conference template being associated with the user, without being associated with a physical location of the user; establishing, with said content server, the video conference call between the content server and a conference device, wherein said establishing includes, sending a video conference call request from said content server using a user alias as sender identification, or receiving a video conference call request at said content server from a conference device using a user alias as receiver identification; extracting, with said content server, at least a part of said sender or receiver identification, and comparing said extracted sender or receiver identification with the user aliases or said parts of said user aliases stored in said database; and streaming or recording, with said content server, said video conference call by automatically using said personal settings for the video conference template for a user alias in said database that matches said extracted sender or receiver identification.