CA2329017A1 - Communication system architecture for voice first collaboration - Google Patents

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CA2329017A1
CA2329017A1 CA002329017A CA2329017A CA2329017A1 CA 2329017 A1 CA2329017 A1 CA 2329017A1 CA 002329017 A CA002329017 A CA 002329017A CA 2329017 A CA2329017 A CA 2329017A CA 2329017 A1 CA2329017 A1 CA 2329017A1
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Graham H. Thompson
Ashok Ganesan
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Abstract

A collaborative computer telephony system, comprising a communication networ k; a plurality of integrated computer telephony devices connected to the network and identified by unique IP addresses, at least two of the integrated computer telephony devic es supporting collaboration application programs; an indicator on at least one of the integrated computer telephony devices; and a collaborate control program associated with each of the integrated computer telephony devices for detecting commonly supported ones of the collaboration application programs and in response activating the indicator.
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