| US 7,353,251 B1 | ||
| Automated call launching | ||
| Pradeep Balakrishnan, Burlington, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Polycom, Inc., Pleasanton, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 31, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/495,134. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/174527, filed on Jan. 05, 2000. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/171876, filed on Dec. 23, 1999. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—204 [709/208] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A method for automated call launching from a first Multipoint Conference Unit (MCU) having a first middleware program,
among networked MCUs, each MCU having a middleware program, the method comprising:
the first middleware program receiving a place call request from a user, the place call request including a number of designated
participants;
the first middleware program contacting middleware programs on networked MCUs and locating an available MCU having an available
virtual conference room with a number of ports at least as great as the number of designated participants;
the first middleware program receiving an availability response from the available MCU;
initiating a call launch by the available MCU, wherein the available MCU calls each of the number of designated participants
with an invitation to join a call; and
wherein initiating a call launch comprises remotely logging into the available MCU and operating the available MCU as a slave.
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