Method and System for Launching a Scheduled Conference Based on the Presence of a Scheduled Participant
A conferencing system for an enterprise is disclosed. The conferencing system initiates a scheduled conference upon detecting that a scheduled conferee is present at a conferencing endpoint.
1 . A method of initiating a conference between a plurality of conferencing devices, the method comprising:
receiving an indication of a scheduled conference from a scheduling application wherein the indication includes a list of invitees;
determining a time duration for the scheduled conference;
determining a presence at a first location of at least one invitee in a proximity of a first conferencing system within the time duration; and
automatically initiating the scheduled conference.
2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining a presence at a second location of at least one invitee in a proximity of a second conferencing system within the time duration prior to automatically initiating the scheduled conference.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the conference is an audio conference.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein the conference is a video conference.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the act of determining a presence comprises:
receiving participant identification parameters;
monitoring the first location for input data; and
processing the input data to determine a match with at least a portion of the received participant identification parameters.
6 . The method of claim 5 wherein the monitored input data comprises audio data and processing the input data to determine a match comprises using voice recognition software.
7 . The method of claim 5 wherein the monitored input data comprises video data and processing the input data to determine a match comprises using face recognition software.
8 . The method of claim 5 wherein receiving participant identification parameters comprises receiving participant identification parameters for the list of invitees.
9 . The method of claim 1 wherein determining a presence at a first location comprises using face recognition software.
10 . The method of claim 1 wherein determining a presence at a first location comprises using voice recognition software.
11 . The method of claim 1 wherein determining a presence at a first location comprises using an radio frequency identification (RFID) tag for identification.
12 . The method of claim 1 wherein determining a presence at a first location comprises using a card reader to read an identification card.
13 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining a presence at a second location of at least one invitee in a proximity of a second conferencing system within the time duration and automatically joining the conference.
14 . A conferencing system comprising:
a scheduling application; and
a first conferencing device at a first location communicatively coupled to the scheduling application and comprising a programmable processor wherein the programmable processor is programmed to:
receive an indication of a scheduled conference from the scheduling application wherein the indication includes a list of invitees;
determine a time duration for the scheduled conference;
determine a presence at the first location of at least one invitee in a proximity of a first conferencing system component within the time duration; and
automatically initiate the scheduled conference.
15 . The conferencing system of claim 14 wherein the programmed act of determining a presence at a first location comprises using face recognition software.
16 . The conferencing system of claim 14 wherein the programmed act of determining a presence at a first location comprises using voice recognition software.
17 . The conferencing system of claim 14 wherein the programmed act of determining a presence at a first location comprises using an radio frequency identification (RFID) tag for identification.
18 . The conferencing system of claim 14 wherein the programmed act of determining a presence at a first location comprises using a card reader to read an identification card.
19 . The conferencing system of claim 14 wherein the programmed act of determining a presence comprises:
receiving participant identification parameters;
monitoring the first location for input data; and
processing the input data to determine a match with at least a portion of the received participant identification parameters.
20 . The conferencing system of claim 14 further comprising:
a second conferencing device at a second location communicatively coupled to the scheduling application and comprising a programmable processor wherein the programmable processor is programmed to:
determine a presence at the second location of at least one invitee in a proximity of a second conferencing system within the time duration prior to automatically initiating the scheduled conference.
21 . The conferencing system of claim 14 further comprising:
a second conferencing device at a second location communicatively coupled to the scheduling application and the first conferencing device, the second conferencing device comprising a programmable processor wherein the first conferencing device and the second conferencing device collectively determine that at least one invitee is in proximity prior to automatically initiating the scheduled conference.