Systems and methods for implementing a single-number follow me service for videoconferencing
A conferencing system and method having, a conferencing unit to initiate a remote conference, wherein the remote conference is initiated by inputting a conferencing identifier into the conferencing unit; more than one client associated with the conferencing identifier; and a conference network device to determine which of the clients has an active connection to the conferencing system; wherein the remote conference is established between the conferencing unit and one of the clients based on the determination of the conference network device.
1 . A conferencing system, comprising:
a conferencing unit to initiate a remote conference, wherein the remote conference is initiated by inputting a conferencing identifier into the conferencing unit;
a plurality of clients associated with the conferencing identifier; and
a conference network device to determine which of the plurality of clients has an active connection to the conferencing system;
wherein the remote conference is established between the conferencing unit and one of the plurality of clients based on the determination of the conference network device.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the conferencing identifier is a phone number.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the clients is a room system.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the clients is a laptop computer.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the conference network device comprises a registry having a rule-set to determine which of the plurality of clients the conference is established with if more than one client has an active connection to the conference system.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the clients is a mobile telephone.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the conference is established via the internet.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the conference is established via an H.323 backbone.
9 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the registry is an SQL database.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the conference is a video conference.
11 . A method of establishing a conference, comprising:
inputting a conference identifier into a conferencing device;
determining which of a plurality of clients associated with the conferencing identifier has an active connection to a conferencing network;
establishing a conference with one of the plurality of clients which has an active connection to a conferencing network.
12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising: determining which of the plurality of clients a conference is to be established with based on a rule-set of a registry when more than one client has an active connection to the conferencing network.
13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the conferencing identifier is a telephone number.
14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the clients is a room system.
15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the clients is a laptop computer.
16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the clients is a mobile telephone.
17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the conference is established via the internet.
18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the conference is established via an H.323 backbone.
19 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the registry is an SQL database.
20 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the conference is a video conference.