Telecommunications network process of creating a multimedia phone call between at least two subscribers of multimedia phone services and between at least two subscribers of phone service. create multimedia call between at least two multimedia service subscribers and multimedia call in telecommunications network and multimedia telecommunications network.

摘要

A multimedia telecommunications network provides telephone service which may involve one or more of audio, video, and data communications. In one example of the invention, the multimedia telecommunications network contains a virtual meeting services complex which provides multimedia telecommunications service to subscribers of the network. Multimedia telephone calls can be completed automatically by the virtual meeting services complex in a manner similar to that now used to complete conventional audio telephone calls. The multimedia telecommunications network containing this virtual meeting services complex is able to connect together users having diverse equipment and is able to handle integrated and nonintegrated network access mechanisms.