1. An electronic device, the electronic device being connected to client devices, the electronic device comprising:
at least one processor; and
a storage device configured to store one or more programs which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
establish a conference call using the electronic device after a first request to establish the conference call is received from a first client device;
allow a second client device to participate in the conference call after a second request to participate in the conference call is received from the second client device;
receive a first data package from the first client device;
convert a data format of the first data package to a first predetermined data format, and send the converted first data package to the second client device;
receive a second data package from the second client device; and
convert a data format of the second data package to a second predetermined data format, and send the converted second data package to the first client device.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first data package comprises first voice information from a first user of the first client device, and the second data package comprises second voice information from a second user of the second client device.
3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the first client device outputs the second voice information of the converted second data package after receiving the converted second data package.
4. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the second client device outputs the first voice information of the converted first data package after receiving the converted first data package.
5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further:
acquires third voice information from a user of the electronic device; and
sends the third voice information to the first client device and the second client device.
6. A computer-implemented method for establishing a conference call using an electronic device being executed by at least one processor of the electronic device, the electronic device being connected to client devices, the method comprising:
establishing a conference call using the electronic device after a first request to establish the conference call is received from a first client device;
allowing a second client device to participate in the conference call after a second request to participate in the conference call is received from the second client device;
receiving a first data package from the first client device;
converting a data format of the first data package to a first predetermined data format, and sending the converted first data package to the second client device;
receiving a second data package from the second client device; and
converting a data format of the second data package to a second predetermined data format, and sending the converted second data package to the first client device.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the first data package comprises first voice information from a first user of the first client device, and the second data package comprises second voice information from a second user of the second client device.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the first client device outputs the second voice information of the converted second data package after receiving the converted second data package.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the second client device outputs the first voice information of the converted first data package after receiving the converted first data package.
10. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:
acquiring third voice information from a user of the electronic device; and
sending the third voice information to the first client device and the second client device.
11. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the processor to perform a method for establishing a conference call, the electronic device being connected to client devices, the method comprising:
establishing a conference call using the electronic device after a first request to establish the conference call is received from a first client device;
allowing a second client device to participate in the conference call after a second request to participate in the conference call is received from the second client device;
receiving a first data package from the first client device;
converting a data format of the first data package to a first predetermined data format, and sending the converted first data package to the second client device;
receiving a second data package from the second client device; and
converting a data format of the second data package to a second predetermined data format, and sending the converted second data package to the first client device.
12. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the first data package comprises first voice information from a first user of the first client device, and the second data package comprises second voice information from a second user of the second client device.
13. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the first client device outputs the second voice information of the converted second data package after receiving the converted second data package.
14. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the second client device outputs the first voice information of the converted first data package after receiving the converted first data package.
15. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:
acquiring third voice information from a user of the electronic device; and
sending the third voice information to the first client device and the second client device.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for providing and accessing membership accounts via a mobile device in a store network, the method comprising:
a wireless access point sending a member identification request to a mobile device upon the mobile device being detected by the wireless access point;
receiving, at the wireless access point, a member identification response from the mobile device in response to the member identification request, if a member identification is stored in a memory of the mobile device; the member identification response comprising the member identification;
receiving, at the wireless access point, a new member identification request in response to the member identification request, if no member identification is stored in the memory of the mobile device; the new member identification request requesting a new member identification;
if the member identification is received:
the wireless access point forwarding the member identification to a membership database;
authenticating, at the membership database, the member identification; and
authorizing, at the membership database, the user of the mobile device to access a membership account associated with the member identification;
if the new member identification request is received:
the wireless access point forwarding the new member identification request to the membership database;
generating, at the membership database, a new member identification;
sending, from the membership database through the access point, the new member identification to the mobile device for storage in the memory; and
authorizing, at the membership database, the user of the mobile device to access a membership account associated with the new member identification.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless access point sending the member identification request to the mobile device upon the mobile device being detected by the wireless access point comprises the wireless access point sending the member identification request to the mobile device using an IEEE 802.11x protocol.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless access point sending the member identification request to the mobile device upon the mobile device being detected by the wireless access point comprises the wireless access point sending the member identification request to the mobile device using a short range wireless communication protocol.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the member identification stored in the memory of mobile device further comprises at least one of a name, an address, a telephone number, an email address, a date of birth, a social security number, and a security mechanism related to at lest one member to be identified by the member identification.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the membership database obtaining sales information from a sales database and sending the information to the mobile device.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the sales information comprises at least one of daily sales information, weekly sales information, monthly sales information, yearly sales information, seasonal sales information, holiday sales information, store specific sales information, member specific sales information, member group specific information, and membership level sales information.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein authorizing, at the membership database, the user of mobile device to access the membership account associated with the member identification comprises authorizing, at the membership database, the user of the mobile device to access membership benefits associated with membership account.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein generating, at the membership database, the new membership identification comprises generating, at the membership database, the new member identification based upon information received from the mobile device via the access point in response to a prompt being sent from the membership database via the access point to the mobile device requesting information related to a member applying for the new member identification.
9. A system for providing and accessing membership accounts via a mobile device in a store network, the system comprising:
a wireless access point that is in communication with a mobile device and a membership database;
the wireless access point being configured to:
send a member identification request to the mobile device upon the mobile device being detected by the wireless access point;
receive a member identification response from the mobile device in response to the member identification request, if a member identification is stored in a memory of the mobile device; the member identification response comprising the member identification;
receive a new member identification request in response to the member identification request, if no member identification is stored in the memory of the mobile device; the new member identification request requesting a new member identification;
if the member identification is received:
forward the member identification to a membership database, wherein:
the membership database is configured to:
authenticate the member identification; and
authorize the user of the mobile device to access a membership account associated with the member identification;
if the new member identification request is received, the wireless access point being configured to:
forward the new member identification request to the membership database, wherein:
the membership database is configured to;
generate a new member identification;
send the new member identification to the mobile device for storage in the memory; and
authorize the user of the mobile device to access a membership account associated with the new member identification.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the wireless access point sending the member identification request to the mobile device upon the mobile device being detected by the wireless access point comprises the wireless access point sending the member identification request to the mobile device using an IEEE 802.11x protocol.
11. The system of claim 9, wherein the wireless access point sending the member identification request to the mobile device upon the mobile device being detected by the wireless access point comprises the wireless access point sending the member identification request to the mobile device using a short range wireless communication protocol.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein the member identification stored in the memory of mobile device further comprises at least one of a name, an address, a telephone number, an email address, a date of birth, a social security number, and a security mechanism related to at lest one member to be identified by the member identification.
13. The method of claim 9, wherein the membership database being configured to authorize the user of mobile device to access a membership account associated with member identification comprises the membership database being configured to authorize the user of the mobile device to access membership benefits associated with the membership account.