Apparatus and method for use in collaboration services

US7299257B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. · US

Inventors

• David G. Boyer · Long Branch, US
• James Owen Coplien · Wheaton, US
• Rebecca E. Grinter · San Francisco, US
• Randy L. Hackbarth · Western Springs, US
• James David Herbsleb · Naperville, US
• Lalita Jategaonkar Jagadeesan · Naperville, US
• Peter Andrew Mataga · Sparta, US
• Graham J. Wills · Naperville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 20, 2007
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M3/42365
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A ConnectIcon View is employed to establish collaborative communications between a plurality of participants in a group. Specifically, it is a dynamic visual representation of the participants of a group being invited to communicate together with their presence information, lists of documents and URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) to be examined, and a set of mechanisms (email, chat, voice, and the like) to initiate communication, each of which can be billed to the originator or otherwise as desired. The available presence information allows a user to employ the best mode of communicating for the instant purpose, namely, either asynchronous communication or synchronous communication.