Electronic conference system and conference server apparatus
US5852656A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 29, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2203/5081
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When requests to attend a conference or requests to withdraw from a conference are issued from user terminals or voice input/output units, network equipment refers to connection addresses of these user terminals or voice input/output terminals to obtain user identification information (names, posts, etc.) from a table and communicates this user identification information to a conference server. The conference server collects conference-attendee information and conference-withdrawee information based upon the communicated user identification information. Further, a list of planned attendees at the conference is entered into the conference server via network equipment before the conference convenes, and the conference server compares the planned attendees and actual attendees at the conference and creates a list of conference absentees.
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