(57) ABSTRACT A camera can be associated with each conference participant endpoint.
The camera, either frame or video-based, can moni tor and detect one or more of gestures …

BACKGROUND 0001 Technological advances in computer hardware, Software and
networking have lead to increased demand for electronic information exchange rather than …

731073349 B2* 9/2006 Britt, Jr,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, n 709/229 cations providing calendar and e-mail
management facilities, 7,477,907 B2 l/2009 Koch et al. the cross-platform synchronization …

The present technology allow for a user's portable device to automatically join a
videoconference without any action by a user. A collaboration service can be aware of …

Presented are systems and methods of creating conference calls from messages. A
message is acquired that includes conference call details. A conference call schedule …

In a computer-implemented method of joining a user to a conference call event an interface
associated with a time management software application is displayed. The interface displays …

Disclosed are different terminals involved in a conference and arranged in a tree topology.
Each terminal stores a list of participating terminals, the types of media streams of each …

Data processing and communications devices are configured to generate, using command
signals received from at least one user input device, a signal set representing a meeting …

BACKGROUND Electronic devices, including communication devices and wireless devices
such as mobile communication devices, may communicate with each other through …

A method for generating a contact group is disclosed. The method includes identifying a
plurality of contact items being associated with a context, defining a contact group being …