Patent ID: 7277697

Claim:
A method for an initiator to establish a teleconference and sending a notification to a plurality of participants comprising the steps: said initiator contacting the teleconference server to establish the teleconference with the plurality of participants; said teleconference server performing mode conversion at notification, wherein text is converted to voice when the mode of input by the initiator is text and the mode of reception at the participant's device is voice, and wherein voice is converted to text when the mode of input at the initiator's device is voice and the mode of reception at the participant's device is text; said teleconference server associating said teleconference with a unique access address and associating said unique access address with a notification message; performing presence management to determine if said participant is present with a particular participant device, wherein the teleconference server sends the notification message to the plurality of participant devices when said presence management determines that said participant's devices are present with the respective participants; said plurality of participants accessing said unique access address to participate in said teleconference, wherein the unique access number used by each participant for participating in the conference is the unique access address of said teleconference; said teleconference server identifying the unique access address used by each participant; and said teleconference server routing each participant to the teleconference corresponding to the unique access address identified.