Nortel Networks Corporation

Brian Beaton

Jean Bouchard

L Lloyd Williams

Clifford P Grossner

James Franklin Zdralek

Roman Romaniuk

Douglas E Liversidge

Colin D R Smith

Stéphane F Fortier

Christopher Thompson

Denis Mercier

Suzanne Rochford

Luc Beaudoin

This invention provides an improved graphical user interface (GUI) for telecommunications network administration. The GUI allows a network administrator to maintain an association between a link bundle and the contents of that link bundle by displaying a network topology including the link bundle, as well as the contents of that link bundle in the same window. The GUI further allows easy navigation between groups of NE's wherein there are a number of inter-group links extending from a particular NE, by displaying characteristics of these links in the same window as a network topology of the NE group under investigation, and allowing the user to follow a selected one of these links to a different NE group.

Telecommunications network administration graphical user interface

A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE) client that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for each of the respective team members. Communications sessions are automatically set up by the collaboration services suite in response to request messages generated by the VTE client when a team member initiates a communications session request using the GUI. Team members require no knowledge of another team member's communications device address in order to initiate a communications session. The collaboration services suite includes a VTE server that communicates with the VTE clients, a presence engine that collects and maintains a status of communications devices specified in a current profile of the team member; and, a call server for handling setup and control of a voice component of each communications session completed.

Graphical user interface for a virtual team environment

Method and system for supporting communications within a virtual team environment

Method and system for automatic handling of invitations to join communications sessions in a virtual team environment

Method and system for creating a virtual team environment

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Ottawa, Canada

Brian Beaton