公开(公告)号：US08472602B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-25

申请号：US12547060

申请日：2009-08-25

申请人： Humphrey Chen ,  Jeffrey G. Gartner

发明人： Humphrey Chen ,  Jeffrey G. Gartner

IPC分类号： H04M3/42

CPC分类号： H04M3/56

摘要： The present invention comprises a method for hosting: (i) a first conference call on a first teleconferencing bridge from time tA to time tB, and (ii) a second conference call on the first teleconferencing bridge from time tB to time tC. When a teleconferencing manager receives a request from a telecommunications terminal at time tD to connect to the second conference call, the teleconferencing manager determines whether the request received at time tD is greater than or less than time tB. If the request received at time tD from the telecommunications terminal is greater than time tB, then the telecommunications terminal is connected to the first teleconferencing bridge. On the other hand, if the request from the telecommunications terminal received at time tD is less than time tB, then the telecommunications terminal is connected to a third conference call on a second teleconferencing bridge.

摘要翻译： 本发明包括一种用于主持：（i）从时刻tA到时间tB的第一电话会议桥上的第一次电话会议，以及（ii）从时刻tB到时刻tC的第一电话会议桥上的第二电话会议。 当电话会议管理器在时间tD接收到来自电信终端的连接到第二电话会议的请求时，电话会议管理器确定在时间tD处接收到的请求是否大于或小于时间tB。 如果在时间tD从电信终端接收的请求大于时间tB，则电信终端连接到第一电话会议桥。 另一方面，如果在时间tD接收到的来自电信终端的请求小于时间tB，则电信终端在第二电话会议桥上连接到第三次电话会议。

公开(公告)号：US20130086597A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-04

申请号：US13249547

申请日：2011-09-30

申请人： Kevin Cornwall ,  Jeffrey G. Gartner ,  Jason Tanabe

发明人： Kevin Cornwall ,  Jeffrey G. Gartner ,  Jason Tanabe

IPC分类号： G06F9/54

CPC分类号： G06F9/4443 ,  G06F9/451

摘要： The middleware presented herein maps a plurality of application user interfaces to a single user experience (i.e. user interface) so that a user is more comfortable with how information is presented. The middleware maps key elements of an original user interface into a standard user interface on a user's device. When a user interface is mapped, information or data is taken from the original user interface and is reconfigured to create the standard user interface displayed to the user. In embodiments, the middleware receives data associated with a user interface for an application, interprets the received data, parses the data, translates the parsed data by determining the correct template map and mapping the parsed data to a standard user interface, and configures the standard user interface with the translated data.

摘要翻译： 这里呈现的中间件将多个应用用户界面映射到单个用户体验（即，用户界面），使得用户对如何呈现信息更加舒适。 中间件将原始用户界面的关键要素映射到用户设备上的标准用户界面。 当映射用户界面时，从原始用户界面获取信息或数据，并重新配置以创建向用户显示的标准用户界面。 在实施例中，中间件接收与用于应用的用户界面相关联的数据，解释接收到的数据，解析数据，通过确定正确的模板映射并将解析的数据映射到标准用户界面来翻译解析的数据，并配置标准 用户界面与翻译的数据。

公开(公告)号：US20120265808A1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-18

申请号：US13087657

申请日：2011-04-15

申请人： Joel M. Ezell ,  Jeffrey G. Gartner

发明人： Joel M. Ezell ,  Jeffrey G. Gartner

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L12/1822 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  H04L65/1086 ,  H04L65/403 ,  H04L67/30 ,  H04M3/567

摘要： An activity stream is created in a first medium. The activity stream is a mechanism where participants can collaborate on a subject. Participants are added to the activity stream. A participant in the activity stream initiates a communication in a second medium. The status of the communication is determined. If the status of the communication is active, the status of the communication is indicated in the activity stream.The status can be information that is parsed from the communication, an invitation to join the communication, a link to a recording of the communication, a link to the communication, a conversion of a voice communication to text, an indication to create a second communication in a second medium, and the like. How participants interact can be controlled by default parameters or based on a profile.

摘要翻译： 在第一媒体中创建活动流。 活动流是参与者可以在主题上协作的机制。 参与者被添加到活动流中。 活动流中的参与者在第二媒体中发起通信。 确定通信的状态。 如果通信状态处于活动状态，通信状态将在活动流中指示。 状态可以是从通信中解析的信息，加入通信的邀请，到通信记录的链接，到通信的链接，语音通信到文本的转换，创建第二通信的指示 在第二介质等中。 参与者交互的方式可以通过默认参数或基于配置文件进行控制。

公开(公告)号：US20110038472A1

公开(公告)日：2011-02-17

申请号：US12540202

申请日：2009-08-12

申请人： Jeffrey G. Gartner ,  Colm Smyth

发明人： Jeffrey G. Gartner ,  Colm Smyth

IPC分类号： H04M3/42

CPC分类号： H04M3/565 ,  H04L51/04 ,  H04L51/043 ,  H04L65/403

摘要： A method is disclosed which allows an invitee to a conference call, who is not present on at least part of the call, to have the call monitored in his or her absence. The invitee is offered the opportunity to review, ahead of the call, one or more electronic documents that are pertinent to the call. The invitee can specify one or more pointers for the purpose of identifying positions that correspond to portions of the document that are relevant to the invitee. When a relevant portion of an electronic document has been reached or is soon to be reached during the call, a message is transmitted to the absent invitee. Additionally, the invitee can annotate slides or portions of an electronic document with comments that he or she wants addressed during the conference call. A message is subsequently transmitted to the invitee, providing responses to the comments left earlier.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种方法，其允许被邀请者进行至少部分呼叫的电话会议，以在他或她缺席时监视呼叫。 被邀请者有机会在通话前检查与呼叫相关的一个或多个电子文档。 受邀者可以指定一个或多个指针，以便识别与被邀请者相关的文档部分对应的位置。 当电话文件的相关部分已经到达或在呼叫期间即将到达时，消息被传送到不在场的受邀者。 此外，受邀者可以在电话会议期间用他或她想要寻址的评论来注释电子文档的幻灯片或部分。 随后将一条消息传送给被邀请者，提供对先前留下的评论的回复。

公开(公告)号：US20100208880A1

公开(公告)日：2010-08-19

申请号：US12389240

申请日：2009-02-19

申请人： Jeffrey G. Gartner

发明人： Jeffrey G. Gartner

IPC分类号： H04M3/42

CPC分类号： H04M3/56 ,  H04L12/1818 ,  H04M2201/18

摘要： A method that allows a user to have his or her telecommunications terminal automatically monitor one or more teleconferences so that he or she participates in the relevant portions of a teleconference without the disadvantages associated with the prior art is described. The illustrative embodiment teaches a method that can monitor one or more teleconferences and determines when there is a discussion that is relevant to the user. At that point, the user is automatically joined to the teleconference bridge where the teleconference is taking place.

摘要翻译： 一种允许用户使他或她的电信终端自动监视一个或多个电话会议的方法，以便他或她参与电话会议的相关部分，而没有与现有技术相关的缺点。 说明性实施例教导了一种可以监视一个或多个电话会议并确定何时有与用户相关的讨论的方法。 在这一点上，用户被自动加入到电话会议正在发生的电话会议桥上。

公开(公告)号：US20090125594A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-14

申请号：US11939258

申请日：2007-11-13

申请人： Jeffrey G. Gartner

发明人： Jeffrey G. Gartner

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L51/04 ,  H04W4/12

摘要： A method of communication via instant messaging that avoids some of the costs and disadvantages for doing so in the prior art. In particular, the illustrative embodiment enables instant messaging clients to function as an intercom, in which one user can cause audio signals, such as speech, to be output from a second user's instant messaging client without any action on the part of the second user. This is in direct contrast to a traditional telephone call in which the second user must take some action to “answer” the call before the first user's voice is heard. Such an instant messaging intercom capability will be especially useful for secretaries and others who collaborate on work.

摘要翻译： 一种通过即时消息通信的方法，其避免了在现有技术中这样做的一些成本和缺点。 具体地，说明性实施例使得即时消息客户端能够用作对讲机，其中一个用户可以使得诸如语音的音频信号从第二用户的即时消息接发客户端输出，而不需要第二用户的任何动作。 这与传统的电话呼叫形成对比，其中第二用户必须在听到第一用户的声音之前采取一些行动来“应答”该呼叫。 这种即时消息对讲能力对于秘书和在工作上合作的其他人来说尤其有用。

公开(公告)号：US09547352B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-17

申请号：US12241958

申请日：2008-09-30

申请人： Jeffrey G. Gartner

发明人： Jeffrey G. Gartner

IPC分类号： G06F1/32 ,  G06F3/01

CPC分类号： G06F1/3203 ,  G06F1/3231 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F2203/011 ,  Y02D10/173

摘要： The illustrative embodiment describes a system that manages the energy usage of a user's appliance based on: (i) the user's location, and (ii) the user's “presence information.” The “presence information” of a user is defined as a status indicator that includes, but is not limited to: the ability and willingness of a user to communicate and a user's mood. For example, when a user is lonely and at work, the office door should open, but when the user is not lonely and at work, the user's instant messages should be shut off. The illustrative embodiment comprises: an appliance; and an energy-usage controller for de-activating an energy-consuming element of the appliance based on presence information of a user of the appliance.

摘要翻译： 说明性实施例描述了一种基于以下方式管理用户设备的能量使用的系统：（i）用户的位置，以及（ii）用户的“存在信息”。用户的“呈现信息”被定义为状态指示符 这包括但不限于：用户沟通的能力和意愿以及用户的心情。 例如，当用户寂寞和工作时，办公室门应该打开，但是当用户不寂寞和工作时，用户的即时消息应该被关闭。 说明性实施例包括：器具; 以及能量使用控制器，用于基于所述器具的用户的存在信息去激活所述器具的能耗元件。

公开(公告)号：US09104441B2

公开(公告)日：2015-08-11

申请号：US13249547

申请日：2011-09-30

申请人： Kevin Cornwall ,  Jeffrey G. Gartner ,  Jason Tanabe

发明人： Kevin Cornwall ,  Jeffrey G. Gartner ,  Jason Tanabe

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/4443 ,  G06F9/451

摘要： The middleware presented herein maps a plurality of application user interfaces to a single user experience (i.e. user interface) so that a user is more comfortable with how information is presented. The middleware maps key elements of an original user interface into a standard user interface on a user's device. When a user interface is mapped, information or data is taken from the original user interface and is reconfigured to create the standard user interface displayed to the user. In embodiments, the middleware receives data associated with a user interface for an application, interprets the received data, parses the data, translates the parsed data by determining the correct template map and mapping the parsed data to a standard user interface, and configures the standard user interface with the translated data.

摘要翻译： 这里呈现的中间件将多个应用用户界面映射到单个用户体验（即，用户界面），使得用户对如何呈现信息更加舒适。 中间件将原始用户界面的关键要素映射到用户设备上的标准用户界面。 当映射用户界面时，从原始用户界面获取信息或数据，并重新配置以创建向用户显示的标准用户界面。 在实施例中，中间件接收与用于应用的用户界面相关联的数据，解释接收到的数据，解析数据，通过确定正确的模板映射并将解析的数据映射到标准用户界面来翻译解析的数据，并配置标准 用户界面与翻译的数据。

公开(公告)号：US08437461B1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-07

申请号：US12392823

申请日：2009-02-25

申请人： Jeffrey G. Gartner ,  Humphrey D. Chen

发明人： Jeffrey G. Gartner ,  Humphrey D. Chen

IPC分类号： H04M3/42

CPC分类号： H04M3/565 ,  H04M2203/5054 ,  H04M2203/5063 ,  H04M2203/5081

摘要： Conference participant finder methods and apparatuses are provided. The conference participant finder maintains a record of expected conference participants. After the scheduled start time of a conference, expected conference participants are automatically contacted and reminded to join the conference. The contact address used to contact an expected conference participant can be obtained with reference to presence information. In addition, information regarding the status of conference participants can be displayed to a conference host.

摘要翻译： 提供会议参与者查找方法和设备。 会议参与者查找者维护了预期会议参与者的记录。 在会议的预定开始时间之后，预期的会议参与者被自动联系并提醒参加会议。 可以参考存在信息来获得用于联系预期会议参与者的联系地址。 此外，可以向会议主机显示有关会议参与者的状态的信息。

公开(公告)号：US20110072067A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-24

申请号：US12566497

申请日：2009-09-24

申请人： Jeffrey G. Gartner ,  Colm Smyth

发明人： Jeffrey G. Gartner ,  Colm Smyth

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L65/1063 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  H04L65/4015

摘要： A method is disclosed that enables the monitoring of a diverse set of both real-time and non-real-time communication streams, as well as the aggregation of information related to those streams into a collective dialog. A server of the illustrative embodiment continually performs an aggregation of events that are related to media streams, applications, and presenter and participant actions, into a particular scope of communication. Index entries, which are indicia to events, are created by things that presenters and participants are doing already, such as posting a meeting agenda inviting participants, posting a presentation or document, transitioning from one slide or page to another, participants speaking alternately during a meeting or presentation, and so forth. The server uses the indicia to then perform processing across information flows associated with the communication streams.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种能够监视实时通信流和非实时通信流的不同组合的方法，以及将与这些流相关的信息聚合到集体对话中。 说明性实施例的服务器连续地执行与媒体流，应用程序，演示者和参与者动作相关的事件的聚合到特定的通信范围内。 作为事件标记的索引条目是由演示者和参与者已经做的事情创建的，例如发布会议议程邀请参与者，发布演示文稿或文档，从一个幻灯片或页面转换到另一个幻灯片或页面，参与者在一个 会议或演示等。 服务器使用标记来对与通信流相关联的信息流执行处理。