Better Conference Call Management. ICAP Patent Brokerage Announces for Auction Patents that allow Automated Detection of Connected Telephony Devices for Initiating a Conference Call

LOS ANGELES, March 19, 2012  /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc and the world's largest intellectual property brokerage firm and organizer of ICAP Ocean Tomo Auctions, is offering for auction patents that allow automated detection of connected telephony devices for initiating a conference call from Q Tech Systems, LLC. The lot will be included in the 15th ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Auction on March 29, 2012, at Terranea Resort near Los Angeles, California. 

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Background

Making conference calls can be overly complex. Often, a user must manually enter a telephone number each time a call is initiated. Or a telephone number is selected from a structured list only available from the dialing application. Paid websites that list phone numbers may miss earning on a particular number if the user initiates an independent call to the listed number. 

Key Characteristics & Benefits

This portfolio discloses techniques for computer-telephony integration:

• A conference call to multiple parties can be initiated by a user by activating the telephone numbers displayed on the user's computer. The displayed telephone numbers are automatically identified by the system, reducing the effort to manually input phone numbers.
• Telephone numbers displayed on a webpage are detected and converted to clickable links. The user can easily click a displayed phone number to initiate a call between the user and the third party (i.e. a merchant or an advertiser associated with the phone number).
• The disclosed technique enables paid sites or online directories (e.g., Internet Yellow Pages) to effectively use the benefits of the cost-per-click marketing model.
• A telephone call is established between a user and a merchant based on the user's request to a telephony server. Subsequently, the merchant is displayed a message including an offer to establish a telephone call with the user in exchange for payment of a predefined fee. When the merchant accepts the call, the phone call is initiated between merchant and user. The merchant may be charged a fee for this service.

Market Potential

This is a key strategic portfolio for telecommunication services or software providers.

Companies who have cited this patent portfolio include:

IBM, Cisco Systems, Avaya Technology Corp., Fujitsu Limited, Hewlett-Packard, 3Com Corporation, Lucent Technologies Inc., AT&T Corp.

To learn more about the assets available for sale in this portfolio:

Contact Dean Becker of ICAP Patent Brokerage at 561-309-0011 or [email protected]

About ICAP Patent Brokerage

ICAP Patent Brokerage is a division of ICAP plc and the world's largest intellectual property brokerage and patent auction firm.

About ICAP

ICAP is the world's leading interdealer broker and provider of post trade risk and information services. The Group matches buyers and sellers in the wholesale markets in interest rates, credit, commodities, FX, emerging markets and equity derivatives through voice and electronic networks. Through our post trade risk and information services we help our customers manage and mitigate risks in their portfolios. For more information go to www.icap.com.

SOURCE ICAP Patent Brokerage

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