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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 23, 2006
Aseem Asthana, San Jose, CA (US);
Manjunath S. Bangalore, San Jose, CA (US);
Binh Don Ha, Fremont, CA (US);
Vineet Goel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Connie Tang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aseem Asthana, San Jose, CA (US);
Manjunath S. Bangalore, San Jose, CA (US);
Binh Don Ha, Fremont, CA (US);
Vineet Goel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Connie Tang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A conferencing system and method includes, during the conference session, invoking an interactive voice response (IVR) routine that provides names of one or more conference participants to a user of an audio-only endpoint device responsive to a request from the user to create a sidebar session. An invitation to join the sidebar session is then communicated to each of one or more participants selected by the user, the invitation being communicated via a private media channel separate from a media stream associated with the conference session. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.