Claims
- 1. A method comprising:
accepting information regarding an audio communication session among a set of audio communication terminals, wherein each of a subset of the audio communication terminals is associated with a data collaboration terminal; and initiating a data collaboration session for an associated data collaboration terminal, using an audio communication terminal.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of initiating a data collaboration session includes at least the step of sending a data collaboration request to the relevant data collaboration terminal.
- 3. The method of claim 2 comprising embedding said data collaboration request within a PSTN call.
- 4. The method of claim 2 wherein said data collaboration request is implemented using DTMF.
- 5. The method of claim 4 comprising at least partially silencing said DTMF data collaboration request.
- 6. The method of claim 2 wherein said data collaboration request is implemented using SMS.
- 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of accepting information regarding an audio communication session includes at least accepting from a telephony network the addresses of the set of audio communication terminals.
- 8. The method of claim 1, comprising determining which of the set of audio communication terminals is registered in a database, wherein a data collaboration session is initiated if at least one of the audio communication terminals is registered in the database.
- 9. The method of claim 1 comprising, for each of the audio communication terminals, cross referencing the address of the audio communication terminal with the address of a data collaboration terminal.
- 10. The method of claim 1 comprising, after a data collaboration session is established, inserting a delay in the associated audio communication session.
- 11. The method of claim 1 wherein the information regarding an audio communication session includes permission information.
- 12. The method of claim 1 wherein the telephony network includes a PBX.
- 13. The method of claim 1 wherein the data collaboration terminals communicate via an IP network.
- 14. The method of claim 1 wherein the audio information for the data collaboration is transmitted by the audio communication session.
- 15. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of initiating a data collaboration includes at least the step of altering the autoanswer mode of the relevant data collaboration terminal.
- 16. The method of claim 1 comprising accepting a user request for a data collaboration session.
- 17. The method of claim 2 wherein audio data sent from the audio communication terminals is compressed within wide band audio.
- 18. The method of claim 1, comprising determining whether at least two of the set of audio communication terminals are registered in a database.
- 19. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the set of audio communication terminals is connected by a private branch exchange.
- 20. The method of claim 1, comprising inserting a delay in the audio communication session.
- 21. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is sent from an audio communication terminal using Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency.
- 22. The method of claim 21, wherein said Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency is silent.
- 23. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is sent from an audio communication terminal using SMS.
- 24. A device practicing the method of claim 1.
- 25. A method comprising:
receiving information regarding an audio session among a plurality of audio communication devices; for each audio communication device, determining which, if any, of a set of data collaboration terminals are associated with the audio communication device; and initiating a data collaboration session among the data collaboration terminals associated with the audio communication devices, using an audio communication terminal.
- 26. The method of claim 25 wherein the step of initiating data collaboration session includes at least transmitting a data collaboration request to a data collaboration terminal.
- 27. The method of claim 25 wherein information regarding an audio communication session includes at least the address of an audio communication device.
- 28. The method of claim 25 wherein the information regarding an audio communication session includes a telephone address.
- 29. The method of claim 25, comprising:
determining if an audio communication device is registered in a database; and determining an address of an associated data collaboration terminal.
- 30. The method of claim 25, wherein said information is received via DTMF.
- 31. The method of claim 25, wherein said information is received via SMS.
- 32. A system comprising:
an SMS server; a server; and an Internet location server in communication with the SMS server and the server; wherein when the Internet location server receives signals from the SMS server indicating that an audio session is taking place among a plurality of endpoints, the Internet location server transmits a signal to the server, and the server, upon receipt of the signal, initiates a data collaboration session between the plurality of endpoints.
- 33. The system of claim 32 comprising a database including data collaboration session enabled endpoints.
- 34. The system of claim 32 wherein the server transmits a data collaboration request to a data collaboration terminal.
- 35. The system of claim 32 wherein the signals indicating that an audio session is taking place include at least the address of an audio communication terminal.
- 36. The system of claim 32 wherein the signals indicating that an audio session is taking place include at least a telephone number.
- 37. The system of claim 32 wherein the server is a videoconference server.
- 38. The system of claim 32 wherein the endpoints include audio communication terminals which communicate via a PBX.
- 39. The system of claim 32 wherein the endpoints include data collaboration terminals which communicate via an IP network.
- 40. The system of claim 32 wherein the audio information for the data collaboration session is transmitted by the audio session.
- 41. The system of claim 40 wherein the audio information is transmitted by DTMF.
- 42. The system of claim 40 wherein the audio information is transmitted by SMS.
- 43. The system of claim 32 wherein the step of initiating a data collaboration session includes at least the step of altering an answer mode of the relevant endpoints.
- 44. The system of claim 32 wherein the audio communication detection accepts a user request for a data collaboration session.
- 45. A method comprising:
during an audio session between a plurality of users, receiving unique ID data from an audio communication terminal; initiating a data collaboration session by a user, using SMS; sending said SMS to an Internet location server; sending an indication to an audio communication terminal to initiate a data collaboration session; and remotely activating a data collaboration session.
- 46. The method of claim 45, comprising initiating a registration application, thereby associating the user's data collaboration terminal and audio communication terminal.
- 47. The method of claim 45, comprising putting the audio session on hold to initiate a communication session with an SMS server.
- 48. The method of claim 47, comprising terminating the communication session and liberating the audio session.
- 49. The method of claim 45, comprising determining if there is a correlation between said ID data contained in the SMS message and the data collaboration terminal associated with the ID data.
- 50. The method of claim 45, comprising checking whether the data collaboration terminals are on line and ready for data communication.
- 51. A method comprising:
directing a voice call to a voice gateway, and to a PSTN switch; directing the voice call to an audio conference bridge, using DTMF signals; and initiating a video/data session between two or more users, by a multipoint conference unit.
- 52. The method of claim 51, comprising:
silencing said DTMF signals.
- 53. A device comprising:
a controller to accept information regarding an audio communication session among a set of audio communication terminals, wherein each of a subset of the audio communication terminals is associated with a data collaboration terminal; and to initiate a data collaboration session for an associated data collaboration terminal, using an audio communication terminal.
- 54. The device of claim 53 wherein initiating a data collaboration session includes at least sending a data collaboration request to a relevant data collaboration terminal.
- 55. The device of claim 53 wherein the controller is to embed said data collaboration request within a PSTN call.
- 56. The device of claim 55 wherein said data collaboration request is implemented using SMS.
- 57. The device of claim 53 wherein the controller is to accept from a telephony network the addresses of the set of audio communication terminals.
- 58. The device of claim 53 wherein the controller is to determine which of the set of audio communication terminals is registered in a database, wherein a data collaboration session is initiated if at least one of the audio communication terminals is registered in the database.
- 59. The device of claim 53 wherein the controller is to, for each of the audio communication terminals, cross reference the address of the audio communication terminal with the address of a data collaboration terminal.
- 60. The device of claim 53 wherein the audio information for the data collaboration is transmitted by the audio communication session.
- 61. A system comprising:
a plurality of data collaboration terminals, each data collaboration terminal including videoconferencing application software and a network interface; a voice gateway; a PSTN switch; and audio conference bridge; and a multipoint conference unit to enable initiation of a data collaboration session between at least two data collaboration terminals, based on information relating to the audio sessions.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Continuation In Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/032,146, filed Dec. 31, 2001, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEOCONFERENCE INITIATION”, which is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
10032146 |
Dec 2001 |
US |
Child |
10801112 |
Mar 2004 |
US |