Multi-Conferencing Capability

Abstract

A system and method for providing the capability to simultaneously manage multiple conference calls, move participants in the conference calls from one conference call to another and subdivide or join multiple conference calls together, and the like, wherein a participant seeking to initiate conference calls does so at his or her endpoint by selecting conference call identifiers, where the identifiers identify conference calls to be created. The initiating participant then selects the participants to be associated with the particular calls and confirms the selection. Upon confirmation of the selection, the conference calls among the selected participants are established.

1 . A system for providing simultaneous management of multiple conference calls over a network, comprising:
 a conference call application, comprising:   a first module;   a second module which encapsulates or provides a summary of a current state or configuration of the conference call topology; and   a third module which renders and provides display on the user interface;   a platform module operatively coupled to the multi-conference application; and   a user interface operatively coupled to the platform.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first module comprises a Controller module, the second module comprises a Model module and the third module comprises a View module. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the Model module notifies the M-Conf View module of changes that occur in the state of the topology. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the View module provides the display on the user interface located at an endpoint and provides user inputs or gesture notifications to the Controller module. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the platform module comprises a user interface service module, a conference service module and a transport service module. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the platform module is a desk set environment. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the desk set environment is a Sip-based or Skype-based environment, which is implemented in a peer-to-peer environment to provide interactive communication with the user device located at the endpoint of the system. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the Controller module uses the transport service module to communicate with at least one remote endpoint via the network. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the Controller module comprises a distribution module and a conference host module. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the distribution module at least one of processes changes to a viewed display provided on the user device located at the endpoint of the system, delegates changes to a single conference to the host of the conference, accumulates all change results from all conference hosts and updates topologies of all local and remote conference participants. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the conference host module updates the conference resources and utilizes a conference services module pursuant to communicating with the user device at the endpoint. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the conference resources comprise at least start conference, add participants, drop participants and change participant parameters.