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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2009
Applicant:
Jeffrey G. Gartner, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey G. Gartner, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Assignee:
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/56 (2013.01); H04L 12/1818 (2013.01); H04M 2201/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method that allows a user to have his or her telecommunications terminal automatically monitor one or more teleconferences so that he or she participates in the relevant portions of a teleconference without the disadvantages associated with the prior art is described. The illustrative embodiment teaches a method that can monitor one or more teleconferences and determines when there is a discussion that is relevant to the user. At that point, the user is automatically joined to the teleconference bridge where the teleconference is taking place.