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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Sankaran Narayanan, Redmond, WA (US);
Dhigha Sekaran, Redmond, WA (US);
Charles A. Vermette, Redmond, WA (US);
Hao Yan, Redmond, WA (US);
Sankaran Narayanan, Redmond, WA (US);
Dhigha Sekaran, Redmond, WA (US);
Charles A. Vermette, Redmond, WA (US);
Hao Yan, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Users attempting to join a conference facilitated by an enhanced communication system employing a network communication protocol such as SIP and having a distributed architecture are enabled to request the conference through a numeric conference identifier. The conference directory identifier is assigned to an associated resource, rather than directly to a pool of resources in the communication system. If a pool is decommissioned, any conference directories with remaining data may be assigned to other pools, like users may be moved, to ensure continuity of the system.