System and method for managing communication sessions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016112472-A1
Application number	US-201414519240-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 21, 2014
Priority date	Oct 21, 2014
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A conference managing computer system for managing one or more communication sessions is disclosed. The conference managing computer system includes a monitoring module for monitoring one or more requests from one or more user devices to remotely access the communication session. The conference managing computer system further includes a detection module for detecting presence of the one or more user devices based on proximity. The conference managing computer system further includes a connection module for establishing one or more real time communication sessions with one or more detected user devices. The conference managing computer system further includes a conferencing module for managing the one or more communication sessions to enable the one or more detected user devices to join the communication session.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A conference managing computer system for managing one or more communication sessions, the system comprising:
a monitoring module for monitoring one or more requests from one or more user devices to remotely access the communication session; a detection module for detecting presence of the one or more user devices based on proximity; a connection module for establishing one or more real time communication sessions with one or more detected user devices; and a conferencing module for managing the one or more communication sessions to enable the one or more detected user devices to join the communication session.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring module is further configured to receive the one or more request from the one or more user devices to remotely access the communication session.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more user devices are Web Real Time Communication (Web RTC) enabled user devices.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring module is further configured to provide one or more web links to the one or more user devices.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more web links are unique based on a user device, a conferee of the communication session, or a combination thereof.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the presence of the one or more user devices is detected based on at least one interaction with an enterprise communication device.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the presence of the one or more user devices is detected based on Near Field Communication (NFC) of the one or more user devices within the proximity of a NFC card reader.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the detection module is further configured to determine at least one delay parameter from the one or more requests.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the delay parameter comprises at least one instruction to wait for a time interval before attempting to establish the one or more real time communication sessions with the one or more detected user devices.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more real time communication sessions are WebRTC communication sessions.

11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the conferencing module is further configured to provide the one or more web links associated with the one or more detected user devices to each other.

12 . A computer-implemented method for managing one or more communication sessions, the method comprising:
monitoring one or more requests from one or more user devices to remotely access the communication session; detecting presence of the one or more user devices based on proximity; establishing one or more real time communication sessions with one or more detected user devices; and managing the one or more communication sessions to enable the one or more detected user devices to join the communication session.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising receiving the one or more request from the one or more user devices to remotely access the communication session.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising providing one or more web links to the one or more user devices.

15 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the presence of the one or more user devices is detected based on Near Field Communication (NFC) of the one or more user devices within the proximity of a NFC card reader.

16 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising determining at least one delay parameter from the one or more requests.

17 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising providing the one or more web links associated with the one or more detected user devices to each other.

18 . A computer-implemented method for managing one or more communication sessions, the method comprising:
monitoring one or more requests from one or more user devices to remotely access the communication session, wherein the one or more user devices are associated with one or more remote conferees; detecting presence of the one or more user devices based on proximity; establishing one or more real time communication sessions with one or more detected user devices; providing one or more web links associated with the one or more detected user devices to each other; and managing the one or more communication sessions to provide the remote access to the communication session from the one or more detected user devices.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the presence of the one or more user devices is detected based on Near Field Communication (NFC) of the one or more user devices within the proximity of a NFC card reader.

20 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising determining at least one delay parameter from the one or more requests.

Assignees

• Avaya Inc

Inventors

• Pugalia Jai
• Krack Michael
• Wong Wayne
• Wong Jeffrey
• Shero Lee

Classifications

• H04L65/1093

  by adding participants; by removing participants · CPC title

• H04L65/403 Primary

  Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• H04L67/141

  Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04L67/54

  Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users · CPC title