Method of joining a conference call

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9819803-B2
Application number	US-201514920593-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2015
Priority date	Feb 13, 2009
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

In a computer-implemented method of joining a user to a conference call event an interface associated with a time management software application is displayed. The interface displays information relating to the conference call event including a date for a conference call which is subject of the conference call event and a start time of the conference call. While displaying the interface, a menu offering one or more options is displayed; these one or more options include an option to join the conference call. When an indication of a selection of the option to join the conference call is received, information associated with the conference call is located; this information includes a telephone number for a conference call bridge. A connection with the conference call bridge using the telephone number is initiated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, from a user, a selection of a time interval for a specific day in a displayed calendar;
in connection with the selection of the time interval, displaying a user interface for generating an invitation to a conference call, the user interface including graphical elements associated with attributes of a conference call including an editable subject field and an editable location field;
in response to a selection in the user interface for generating the invitation, displaying a conference-call menu including one or more actions available to the user including an option to invite attendees to a conference call at the time interval for the specified day with the user;
receiving a selection of one or more attendees; and
transmitting, to the one or more attendees, the invitation identifying the attributes of the conference call.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to the selection of the time interval, displaying an action menu displaying actions available to the user including an option to create a new conference-call event and a new appointment event; and
receiving a selection of the option to create the new conference-call event, wherein the user interface is displayed in response to the selection of the option to create the new conference-call event.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the action menu overlaps the displayed calendar.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conference-call menu overlaps the user interface.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attributes include at least one of a start time, an end time, a time zone, a subject, or a location.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the calendar includes an x-axis and a y-axis, and days of a week are displayed along the x-axis and hours of an associated day are displayed along the y-axis.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving a selection of one or more attendees comprises:
presenting an address book including a list of contacts; and
receiving a selection of one or more contacts in the address book.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a user, a selection of a time interval for a specific day in a displayed calendar;
in connection with the selection of the time interval, displaying a user interface for generating an invitation to a conference call, the user interface including graphical elements associated with attributes of a conference call including an editable subject field and an editable location field;
in response to a selection in the user interface for generating the invitation, displaying a conference-call menu including one or more actions available to the user including an option to invite attendees to a conference call at the time interval for the specified day with the user;
receiving a selection of one or more attendees; and
transmitting, to the one or more attendees, an invitation identifying the attributes of the conference call.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8 , further comprising:
in response to the selection of the time interval, displaying an action menu displaying actions available to the user including an option to create a new conference-call event and a new appointment event; and
receiving a selection of the option to create the new conference-call event, wherein the user interface is displayed in response to the selection of the option to create the new conference-call event.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the action menu overlaps the displayed calendar.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the conference-call menu overlaps the user interface.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the attributes include at least one of a start time, an end time, a time zone, a subject, or a location.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the calendar includes an x-axis and a y-axis, and days of a week are displayed along the x-axis and hours of an associated day are displayed along the y-axis.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein receiving a selection of one or more attendees comprises:
presenting an address book including a list of contacts; and
receiving a selection of one or more contacts in the address book.

15. A mobile device, comprising:
an input device configured to receive, from a user, a selection of a time interval for a displayed calendar;
a display configured to:
in connection with the selection of the time interval, display a user interface for generating an invitation to a conference call, the user interface including graphical elements associated with attributes of a conference call including an editable subject field and an editable location field;
in response to a selection in the user interface for generating the invitation, display a conference-call menu including one or more actions available to the user including an option to invite attendees to a conference call at the time interval for the specified day with the user;

the input device further configured to receive a selection of one or more attendees; and
a transmitter configured to transmit, to the one or more attendees, an invitation identifying the attributes of the conference call.

16. The mobile device of claim 15 , further comprising:
the display further configured to, in response to the selection of the time interval, display an action menu displaying actions available to the user including an option to create a new conference-call event and a new appointment event; and
the input device further configured to receive a selection of the option to create the new conference-call event, wherein the user interface is displayed in response to the selection of the option to create the new conference-call event.

17. The mobile device of claim 16 , wherein the action menu overlaps the displayed calendar.

18. The mobile device of claim 15 , wherein the conference-call menu overlaps the user interface.

19. The mobile device of claim 15 , wherein the attributes include at least one of a start time, an end time, a time zone, a subject, or a location.

20. The mobile device of claim 15 , wherein the calendar includes an x-axis and a y-axis, and days of a week are displayed along the x-axis and hours of an associated day are displayed along the y-axis.

21. The mobile device of claim 15 , further comprising:
the display further configured to present an address book including a list of contacts; and
the input device further configured to receive a selection of one or more contacts in the address book.

Assignees

• Blackberry Ltd

Inventors

• Logan Adrian Michael
• Jain Rohit Rocky
• Fritzley Eric Allan
• Labrador Christopher
• Mcandrews Michael Patrick

Classifications

• H04L12/1818

  Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties · CPC title

• H04M3/567

  Multimedia conference systems · CPC title

• H04L12/1813

  for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms (instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• G06Q10/109 Primary

  Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting · CPC title