SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SUGGESTING OR INVITING A PARTY TO JOIN A MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS SESSION

摘要

The present disclosure includes a system and method for automatically suggesting or inviting a party to join a multimedia communications session. In some embodiments, a first party, which is not currently participating in an existing multimedia communications session, attempts to contact a second party, which is currently participating in the multimedia communications session. In these embodiments, the first party automatically receives a suggestion or invitation to join the multimedia communications session when the first party has permission to join. In some instances, the multimedia communications session is a video conference including audio and video communications.