Patents by Inventor Markku Tapio Ursin

Markku Tapio Ursin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods, systems, and computer readable media for automatically adding individuals and physical conference rooms to conferences in virtual conference rooms
    Patent number: 9900554
    Abstract: A method for automatically adding individuals and physical conference rooms to conferences in virtual conference rooms includes providing a communicator application through which a host can add one or more individuals and/or one or more physical conference rooms to a conference in a virtual conference room. A meeting room application through which individuals and physical conference rooms can be automatically joined to the conference in the virtual conference room is also provided. The method further includes receiving, via the communicator application, input from the host to add one or more of the individuals and/or one or more of the physical conference rooms to the conference in the virtual conference room. The method further includes signaling, via one or more media servers, to join the one or more individuals and/or the one or more physical conference rooms to the conference in the virtual conference room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: BROADSOFT, INC.
    Inventors: Markku Tapio Ursin, Petri Sebastian Somerkari, Eva-Marie Alice Wallinvirta, Gregory Eugene Pounds
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADDING INDIVIDUALS AND PHYSICAL CONFERENCE ROOMS TO CONFERENCES IN VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ROOMS
    Publication number: 20170070706
    Abstract: A method for automatically adding individuals and physical conference rooms to conferences in virtual conference rooms includes providing a communicator application through which a host can add one or more individuals and/or one or more physical conference rooms to a conference in a virtual conference room. A meeting room application through which individuals and physical conference rooms can be automatically joined to the conference in the virtual conference room is also provided. The method further includes receiving, via the communicator application, input from the host to add one or more of the individuals and/or one or more of the physical conference rooms to the conference in the virtual conference room. The method further includes signaling, via one or more media servers, to join the one or more individuals and/or the one or more physical conference rooms to the conference in the virtual conference room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Markku Tapio Ursin, Petri Sebastian Somerkari, Eva-Marie Alice Wallinvirta, Gregory Eugene Pounds