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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2006
Applicant:
Christopher E. Pearce, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Christopher E. Pearce, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/1818 (2013.01);
Abstract
Providing an announcement for a multiparty communication session involves establishing a communication session between at least two endpoints. A request to add an added endpoint to the communication session is received. A procedure to provide an announcement to the endpoints of the communication session is initiated. The announcement is played in response to determining a status of a media path of the added endpoint, and is provided from a rendering of a participant identifier associated with the added endpoint.