US Patent 7990899 Method and apparatus for expanding conference sizes

Patent 7990899 was granted and assigned to Avaya on August, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Avaya

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

79908990

Patent Inventor Names

Ignacio Miranda Gonzalez0

Russell Norman Anson0

Date of Patent

August 2, 2011

Patent Application Number

117552360

Date Filed

May 30, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

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Hong Cho

Patent abstract

Techniques are disclosed for conference expansion in a conferencing system. For example, a method of providing for conference expansion in a conferencing system includes the following steps. At least one port is reserved in an original conference allocated in the conferencing system. A hub conference is allocated, when a maximum number of participants for the original conference is reached. A calculated number of ports in the hub conference are reserved for linking to the original conference and to a corresponding number of expansion conferences when allocation of at least one of the number of expansion conferences is called for. The hub conference is linked to the original conference via the reserved port of the original conference and one of the reserved ports of the hub conference.