Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer conferencing – Cooperative computer processing
Reexamination Certificate
2008-06-27
2010-06-15
Nguyen, Tammy T (Department: 2444)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer conferencing
Cooperative computer processing
C709S203000, C709S201000, C714S039000, C370S335000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07739333
ABSTRACT:
In general, this disclosure describes techniques of controlling communications occurring in a unified communications system. As described herein, a directory is established at a server system that hosts the unified communications system. The directory includes a plurality of hierarchically-organized categories. Each category specifies a set of users. One or more conferences may be associated with each of the categories. All communications occurring in the unified communications system occur within the context of one of the conferences. A user can only communicate within a conference if the conference is associated with the category that specifies a set of users that includes the user. By appropriately structuring the categories in the directory and the sets of users specified by the categories, the techniques of this disclosure may serve to prevent a user from using the unified communications system to communicate with certain other individuals.
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Bubolz Jason Hendrick
Huddleston Scott Alan
Madsen Mark
McClelland Mark D.
Serr Robert W.
Merchant & Gould P.C.
Microsoft Corporation
Nguyen Tammy T
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