Method and Apparatus for Enhanced Caller ID

In one embodiment, a method is provided for handling a call from a conferencing endpoint configured to handle a conference between multiple participants. A request to call a participant is received from the conferencing endpoint. Information is inferred about a presence of one or more participants i...

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Main Authors NORHEIM VIGLEIK, HAMMER VEGARD, TANGELAND KRISTIAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.02.2016
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
PHYSICS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
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Summary:In one embodiment, a method is provided for handling a call from a conferencing endpoint configured to handle a conference between multiple participants. A request to call a participant is received from the conferencing endpoint. Information is inferred about a presence of one or more participants in the call, based on a detection of the one or more participants by presence detection equipment associated with the conferencing endpoint;. Additional call context information is determined based on the inferred information. The additional call context information is provided to the participant in addition to the call, wherein the additional call context information is accessible to the participant.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201414449589