Nortel Networks Corporation

Northern Telecom Limited

Mark Joseph McIntee

Patrick Michael O'Shaughnessey

Richard Lewis Johnson, Jr

Ted Lowery

Patrick O'Shaughnessey

Teddy Blaine Lowery

Richard Johnson

An audio conference system includes an audio telephone connection and a separate network computer connect. In arranging a conference with the audio conference system, a conference time and potential participants are designated. At the conference time, the audio conference system directs the public switched telephone network to place a telephone call to each of the potential participants and sends an invitation to a computer systems associated with the potential participants regarding the audio conference. The potential participants then return an indication of whether they desire to be audio conference participants and computer conference participants. If so, the audio conference system will send each computer participant display data with information about the audio conference including who is participating in the conference. Additional display data may also be included such as documents that are to be discussed during the conference.

System for managing an audio conference

A system facilitates use of a corporate dialing plan by authorized remote callers. The system includes a receiving element, a sending element, a detecting element, and an establishing element. The receiving element receives a telephone call signal and a telephone number from a remote caller indicating a desire to use the corporate dialing plan for placing a telephone call to a called party using the telephone number. The sending element sends a telephone calling signal to the called party at the telephone number using the corporate dialing plan. The detecting element detects an answer signal from the called party in response to the sending element sending the telephone calling signal. The establishing element establishes a connection between the remote caller and the called party when the detecting element detects the answer signal.

Transparent protected access to corporate dialing plan

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Mark Joseph McIntee