System and method for personalizing a shared conferencing device or a shared printer/scanner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018249014-A1
Application number	US-201815902664-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 22, 2018
Priority date	Feb 24, 2017
Publication date	Aug 30, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A conferencing device receives an indication that a mobile device is in proximity to the conferencing device. The conferencing device receives information, directly from the mobile device, that indicates that the conferencing device is to establish or join a communication session with one or more communication endpoints. The information that indicates that the first conferencing device is to establish or join the communication session with the one or more communication endpoints is based on information that is personal to a user of the mobile device. Once the communication session is established, the conferencing device communicates with the one or more communication endpoints in the communication session. In an alternative embodiment, a printer/scanner can be managed based on personal information received directly from the mobile device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system comprising:
a microprocessor in a first conferencing device; and a computer readable medium, coupled with the microprocessor and comprising microprocessor readable and executable instructions that program the microprocessor to: receive an indication that a mobile device, in proximity to the first conferencing device, has been paired with the first conferencing device; receive information, directly from the mobile device, that indicates that the first conferencing device is to establish or join a communication session with one or more communication endpoints, wherein the information that indicates that the first conferencing device is to establish or join the communication session with the one or more communication endpoints is based on information that is personal to a user of the mobile device; and communicate with the one or more communication endpoints in the communication session.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the information that indicates that the first conferencing device is to establish the communication session with the one or more communication endpoints is from a personal calendar event of the communication session and wherein an access code for a conference bridge and a communication address of the conference bridge is taken from the personal calendar event of the communication session to establish the communication session.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication session is with a plurality of communication endpoints and wherein the information that indicates that the first conferencing device is to establish the communication session with the one or more communication endpoints comprises a plurality of communication addresses of the plurality of communication endpoints.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein one of the plurality of communication addresses of the plurality of communication endpoints was changed from a proposed communication address to the one the plurality of communication addresses for the plurality of communication endpoints based on an acceptance of a personal calendar event of a meeting by a user of a communication endpoint of the one of the plurality of communication addresses.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the indication that the mobile device has been paired with the first conferencing device is based on a user selection of a closest conferencing device that is displayed to the user of the mobile device in a list of detected conferencing devices.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a mobile application on the mobile device determines that an upcoming calendar event for the communication session is about to occur or has just stated and provides, to the user of the mobile device, a list of one or more detected conferencing devices that the user can use to establish the communication session and wherein the list of one or more detected conferencing devices includes the first conferencing device.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the information that indicates that the first conferencing device is to establish the communication session with the one or more communication endpoints is based on a user selection from a personal contact list or a personal history of the user of the mobile device.

8 . A method comprising:
receiving, by a microprocessor, an indication that a mobile device, in proximity to a first conferencing device, has been paired with the first conferencing device; receiving information, by the microprocessor, directly from the mobile device, that indicates that the first conferencing device is to establish or join a communication session with one or more communication endpoints, wherein the information that indicates that the first conferencing device is to establish or join the communication session with the one or more communication endpoints is based on information that is personal to a user of the mobile device; and communicating, by the microprocessor, with the one or more communication endpoints in the communication session.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the information that indicates that the first conferencing device is to establish the communication session with the one or more communication endpoints is from a personal calendar event of the communication session and wherein an access code for a conference bridge and a communication address of the conference bridge is taken from the personal calendar event of the communication session to establish the communication session.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the communication session is with a plurality of communication endpoints and wherein the information that indicates that the first conferencing device is to establish the communication session with the one or more communication endpoints comprises a plurality of communication addresses of the plurality of communication endpoints.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein one of the plurality of communication addresses of the plurality of communication endpoints was changed from a proposed communication address to the one the plurality of communication addresses for the plurality of communication endpoints based on an acceptance of a personal calendar event of a meeting by a user of a communication endpoint of the one of the plurality of communication addresses.

12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the indication that the mobile device has been paired with the first conferencing device is based on a user selection of a closest conferencing device that is displayed to the user of the mobile device in a list of detected conferencing devices.

13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein a mobile application on the mobile device determines that an upcoming calendar event for the communication session is about to occur or has just stated and provides, to the user of the mobile device, a list of one or more detected conferencing devices that the user can use to establish the communication session and wherein the list of one or more detected conferencing devices includes the first conferencing device.

14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the information that indicates that the first conferencing device is to establish the communication session with the one or more communication endpoints is based on a user selection from a personal contact list or a personal call history of the user of the mobile device.

15 . A system comprising:
a microprocessor in a printing, scanning, and/or fax device; and a computer readable medium, coupled with the microprocessor and comprising microprocessor readable and executable instructions that program the microprocessor to: receive an indication that a mobile device, in proximity to the printing, scanning, and/or fax device, has been paired with to the printing, scanning, and/or fax device; receive information, directly from the mobile device, that indicates that the printing, scanning, and/or fax device is to at least one of: printing a document, (ii) sending a scanned document in an email or text message as an attachment, (iii) sending an email or text message that indicates a fax was sent, and (iv) sending the scanned document to the mobile device so that the mobile device can send an email with the scanned document as an attachment; and wherein steps (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) are implemented based on personal information of a user of the mobile device that is sent directly to the printing, scanning, and/or fax device.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein at least step (i) is implemented.

17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein at least step (ii) is implemented.

18 . The system o

Assignees

• Avaya Inc

Inventors

• Karlsson Torbjörn
• Fredriksson Peter
• Edlund Tommy

Classifications

• H04M3/567

  Multimedia conference systems · CPC title

• H04M2207/187

  combining circuit and packet-switched, e.g. GPRS · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04L65/403

  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

• H04M3/562 Primary

  where the conference facilities are distributed · CPC title