Method and apparatus for providing triggered-presentation of a participant message associated with a multi-party communication session

1. A method comprising:

determining one or more inputs for specifying at least one message from at least one participant of a multi-party communication session after an initiation of the multi-party communication session wherein the at least one message includes a recording by the at least one participant;

causing, at least in part, a presentation of the at least one message to at least one other participant of the multi-party communication session based, at least in part, on determining that the at least one other participant has joined or tried to join the multi-party communication session;

causing, at least in part, a presentation of a request to the at least one other participant to select whether to enable or disable the at least one message for one or more subsequent participants of the multi-party communication session; and

enabling of, with a processor, the presentation of the at least one message based, at least in part, on determining that the at least one participant has left the multi-party communication session.

2. A method of claim 1 , wherein the multi-party communication session includes, at least in part, a voice conference calling session, a video conference calling session, a multimedia session, a text-based session, or a combination thereof.

3. A method of claim 1 , further comprising determining one or more parameters for causing, at least in part, the presentation of the at least one message.

4. A method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more parameters include, at least in part, a lifetime parameter, a parameter for determining a number of times to present the at least one message, or a combination thereof.

5. A method of claim 4 , further comprising determining one or more lifetime parameter based, at least in part, on a manual input from the at least one participant, a default value, a scheduled duration of the multi-party communication session, or a combination thereof.

6. A method of claim 1 , further comprising determining identity information associated with the at least one other participant,

wherein the presentation of the at least one message is based, at least in part, on the identity information.

7. A method of claim 1 , further comprising enabling or a disabling of the at least one message based, at least in part, on whether there are one or more participants connected to or available for connection to the multi-party communication session.

8. A method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting an alert message to the at least one participant based, at least in part, on determining that the at least one other participant has joined or tried to join the multi-party communication session, that the at least one other participant has received the at least one message, or a combination thereof.

9. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

determine an input for specifying at least one message from at least one participant of a multi-party communication session after an initiation of the multi-party communication session wherein the at least one message includes a recording by the at least one participant;

cause, at least in part, a presentation of the at least one message to at least one other participant of the multi-party communication session based, at least in part, on determining that the at least one other participant has joined or tried to join the multi-party communication session;

cause, at least in part, a presentation of a request to the at least one other participant to select whether to enable or disable the at least one message for one or more subsequent participants of the multi-party communication session; and

cause, at least in part, an enabling of the presentation of the at least one message based, at least in part, on determining that the at least one participant has left the multi-party communication session.

10. An apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the multi-party communication session includes, at least in part, a voice conference calling session, a video conference calling session, a multimedia session, a text-based session, or a combination thereof.

11. An apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine one or more parameters for causing, at least in part, the presentation of the at least one message.

12. An apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more parameters include, at least in part, a lifetime parameter, a parameter for determining a number of times to present the at least one message, or a combination thereof.

13. An apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine the lifetime parameter based, at least in part, on a manual input from the at least one participant, a default value, a scheduled duration of the multi-party communication session, or a combination thereof.

14. An apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine identity information associated with the at least one other participant,

wherein the presentation of the at least one message is based, at least in part, on the identity information.

15. An apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, an enabling or a disabling of the at least one message based, at least in part, on whether there are one or more participants connected to or available for connection to the multi-party communication session.

16. An apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a presentation of an alert message to the at least one participant based, at least in part, on determining that the at least one other participant has joined or tried to join the multi-party communication session, that the at least one other participant has received the at least one message, or a combination thereof.