Jason H Chin

8451755, May 28, 2013

Jan 23, 2009

12/867826

Jason H Chin - Needham MA, US

British Telecommunications public limited company - London

H04L 12/16

370261, 370260, 37920201, 37920301

Telecommunications conference hosting resources are allocated for the management of a conferencing function by generating a validation for each of a plurality of conference hosts to permit access to the telecommunications conference hosting resources for a predetermined duration selectable by the respective conference hosts. Telecommunications conference hosting resources are allocated to each conference host for the predetermined duration so as to allow the conference host to make multiple accessions to the telecommunications conference hosting resources at any time before the expiry of the predetermined duration. The telecommunications conference hosting resources are connected to the conference host in response to such accessions. Different conference hosts may be validated for use of the same resources for different durations. Allocation of resources is prioritized for the conference hosts according to the duration selected by each of the conference hosts.

20090092240, Apr 9, 2009

Oct 5, 2007

11/905983

Jason H. Chin - Needham MA, US
Jiang Chen - Nashua NH, US
Shawn E. Willis - Swansea MA, US
Sasidhar Nanga - Westford MI, US

H04M 3/42

37920201

A communications conference management system is prepared for the establishment of conference calls, by pre-programming the management system with identification data for participants authorised to be connected to a specific conference residing on a conference bridge. The conference management system is arranged such that connection to a specific conference residing on a bridge can be made in response to recognition of the network identifier.This facilitates access to the conference facilities.

20090094547, Apr 9, 2009

Oct 5, 2007

11/905984

Jason H. Chin - Needham MA, US
Jiang Chen - Nashua NH, US
Shawn E. Willis - Swansea MA, US
Sasidhar Nanga - Westford MA, US

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION public limited company - London

G06F 3/048
G06F 7/10
H04M 11/00
G06F 17/30

715780, 7071041, 707 5, 379 8816, 707E17101

An audio conferencing facility has a database for storing user data relating to authorisation to use the facility, and provides storage for a name file to be stored as part of the user data, which may be retrieved for generation of an audio signal to be played to one or more of the participants to a communication connection whenever that participant uses the conferencing facility. The name may be generated as an audio recording by the user, or entered as text, or retrieved from a directory in text form. It may be stored either in audio form or as text, for conversion to audio using a speech synthesiser.The name file may be played to the user on accessing the system, and/or to other participants when he joins or leaves a conference. By storing the name file for re-use in many conferences, the access to each conference is simplified. It also allows listeners-in to conferences to be announced in circumstances where speaking may be difficult because of background noise, speech impairment etc.

20090209242, Aug 20, 2009

Feb 15, 2008

12/071154

Jason H. Chin - Needham MA, US

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company - London

H04M 3/56

455416

To allow a user to break out of a conference and rejoin it, multiple accessions within a predetermined period (such as one day) may be counted as a single accession in counting towards the predetermined number of accessions. Different users may be validated for use of the same resources for different durations. To encourage responsible use of the reservation facilities, allocation of resources may be prioritized for users having the most restricted duration of access. A telecommunications conferencing facility may include a provisioning facility for allocating resources to a user and a validation processor for creating validation information. The provisioning facility and validation processor control access to the resources such that a user is permitted access to the resources for a predetermined duration. A timer and/or counter may be employed to disable access after elapse of a predetermined period or number of accessions.