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DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
Administrator’s Guide
555-233-506
Issue 1
April 2000
Managing multimedia calling
271Enhanced Mode MM complex
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- multiple call appearance operation
With an Enhanced mode complex all calls to or from the complex are controlled
via the voice station. Each voice or multimedia call has its own call appearance
which may be selected without regard for the nature of the call using the specific
call appearance. This allows a multifunction station to control multiple voice or
multimedia calls in exactly the same way they would control multiple voice calls.
As an example, a user may originate a simple voice call on the first call
appearance. A multimedia call may then arrive on the second call appearance. The
user activates HOLD on the first call appearance and selects the second call
appearance to answer the multimedia call. The user may then activate HOLD on
the second call appearance and reselect the first call appearance or select a third
call appearance and originate another call.
- creating a multi-party video conference
An Enhanced multimedia complex can create a spontaneous video conference in
the same way that a spontaneous voice conference is created. Given an active call,
the user activates the CONFERENCE button. This puts the current call on HOLD
and activates a new call appearance. The user makes a multimedia call according
to the instructions for originating a multimedia call and then selects
CONFERENCE to combine or merge the two call appearances. This results in a
3-way conference.
If all three parties are video equipped, then a 3-way video conference results.
Conference members see the current speaker on video. The current speaker sees
the last speaker on video. If one of the parties is not video equipped, then a 3-way
audio conference exists and the two video equipped parties have 2-way video. The
CONFERENCE action may be repeated until 6 parties have been conferenced
together. The 6 parties may be any mix of voice or video, local or remote parties.
The following steps create a multi-party voice/video conference:
1. Enhanced mode complex station A originates a multimedia call to, or
receives a multimedia call from, party B. Station A and party B have 2-way
voice and video.
2. Station A, activates CONFERENCE.
3. Station A originates a multimedia call (i.e. uses the mm-call
button/FAC/etc.) and dials the party to be added, Enhanced multimedia
complex C.
4. Party C, answers the call from station A.
5. Station A selects CONFERENCE to complete the 3-way conference.
Parties A,B and C will be in a 3-way voice/video conference.