Claims
- 1. A computer-implemented process for computer conferencing, comprising the steps of:
(a) displaying, to a user of a caller, a directory of possible callees for a computer conference call, wherein:
the user selects a callee from the directory of possible callees; and the caller and the selected callee are nodes of a computer network; and (b) initiating the computer conference call from the caller to the selected callee, wherein:
the directory of possible callees comprises a first subdirectory of possible callees and a second subdirectory of possible callees different from the first subdirectory; and the directory is an alphabetized combination of the first and second subdirectories.
- 2. The process of claim 1, wherein step (a) comprises the step of presenting the user with an option of selecting a single subdirectory only and a combination of two or more subdirectories.
- 3. The process of claim 1, wherein the first subdirectory is a personal list for the caller, which the user can access and edit.
- 4. The process of claim 1, the second subdirectory is a network list maintained by a network administrator, which the user can only access.
- 5. The process of claim 1, wherein:
the first subdirectory is a personal list for the caller, which the user can access and edit; and the secondary subdirectory is a network list maintained by a network administrator, which the user can only access.
- 6. The process of claim 5, wherein the possible callees from the personal list are distinguishable in the display from the possible callees from the network list.
- 7. A storage medium encoded with machine-readable program code for computer conferencing, comprising:
(a) means for causing a machine to display, to a user of a caller, a directory of possible callees for a computer conference call, wherein: the user'selects a callee from the directory of possible callees; and the caller and the selected callee are nodes of a computer network; and (b) means for causing the machine to initiate the computer conference call from the caller to the selected callee, wherein:
the directory of possible callees comprises to a first subdirectory of possible callees and a second subdirectory of possible callees different from the first subdirectory; and the directory is an alphabetized combination of the first and second directories.
- 8. The storage medium of claim 7, wherein means (a) cause the machine to present the user with an option of selecting a single subdirectory only and a combination of two or more subdirectories.
- 9. The storage medium of claim 7, wherein the first subdirectory is a personal list for the caller, which the user can access and edit.
- 10. The storage medium of claim 7, the second subdirectory is a network list maintained by a network administrator, which the user can only access.
- 11. The storage medium of claim 7, wherein:
the first subdirectory is a personal list for the caller, which the user can access and edit; and the second subdirectory is a network list maintained by a network administrator, which the user can only access.
- 12. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the possible callees from the personal list are distinguishable in the display from the possible callees from the network list.
- 13. A computer-implemented process for computer conferencing, comprising the steps of:
(a) displaying, to a user of a caller, a directory of possible callees for a computer conference call, wherein:
the user selects a callee from the directory of possible callees; and the caller and the selected callee are nodes of a computer network; and (b) initiating the computer conference call from the caller to the selected callee, wherein:
the directory of possible callees comprises a first subdirectory of possible callees and a second subdirectory of possible callees different from the first subdirectory; and step (a) comprises the step of presenting the user with an option of selecting a single subdirectory only and a combination of two or more subdirectories.
- 14. The process of claim 13, wherein the first subdirectory is a personal list for the caller, which the user can access and edit.
- 15. The process of claim 13, the second subdirectory is a network list maintained by a network administrator, which the user can only access.
- 16. The process of claim 17, wherein:
the first subdirectory is a personal list for the caller, which the user can access and edit; and the second subdirectory is a network list maintained by a network administrator, which the user can only access.
- 17. The process of claim 16, wherein the possible callees from the personal list are distinguishable in the display from the possible callees from the network list.
- 18. A computer-implemented process for computer conferencing, comprising the steps of:
(a) displaying, to a user of a caller, a directory of possible callees for a computer conference call, wherein:
the user selects a callee from the directory of possible callees; and the caller and the selected callee are nodes of a computer network; and (b) initiating the computer conference call from the caller to the selected callee, wherein:
the directory of possible callees comprises a first subdirectory of possible callees and a second subdirectory of possible callees different from the first subdirectory; and the second subdirectory is a network list maintained by a network administrator, which the user can only access.
- 19. The process of claim 18, wherein the first subdirectory is a personal list for the caller, which the user can access and edit.
- 20. The process of claim 19, wherein the possible callees from the personal list are distinguishable the display from the possible callees from the network list.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/131,523, filed Oct. 1, 1993 pending.
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