1-39. (canceled)
40. A telecommunications conference server unit, comprising:
a telecommunications conference control unit performing server control of a telecommunications conference; and
a telecommunications conference control message-generating unit generating at least one telecommunications conference control message and adding communications right allocation information to the telecommunications conference control message,
wherein the communications right allocation information specifies an event on whose occurrence a communications right is withdrawn from or allocated to a telecommunications terminal within the scope of the telecommunications conference.
41. The telecommunications conference server unit of claim 40, wherein the telecommunications conference control message-generating unit adds right to speak allocation information to the telecommunications conference control message, the right to speak allocation information specifying the event on whose occurrence a right to speak is withdrawn from or allocated to the telecommunications terminal within the scope of the telecommunications conference.
42. The telecommunications conference server unit of claim 40, wherein the telecommunications conference control message-generating unit adds, as communications right allocation information, information which specifies a time period after which a communications right is withdrawn from or allocated to the telecommunications terminal within the scope of the telecommunications conference.
43. The telecommunications conference server unit of claim 40, the telecommunications conference control unit performing server control of a half-duplex telecommunications conference.
44. The telecommunications conference server unit of claim 40, wherein the telecommunications conference control unit performs server control of an Internet-based telecommunications conference.
45. The telecommunications conference server unit of claim 40, wherein the telecommunications conference control unit performs server control of a push-to-talk telecommunications conference.
46. The telecommunications conference server unit of claim 45, wherein the telecommunications conference control unit performs server control of a push-to-talk-over-cellular telecommunications conference.
47. The telecommunications conference server unit of claim 40, wherein the telecommunications conference control message-generating unit generates the at least one telecommunications conference control message according to a telecommunications conference control protocol.
48. The telecommunications server unit of claim 47, wherein the telecommunications conference control message-generating unit generates the at least one telecommunications conference control message according to a telecommunications conference control protocol selected from the group consisting of Session Initiation Protocol, Real Time Transport Control Protocol, and Binary Floor Control Protocol.
49. The telecommunications conference server unit of claim 40, wherein the telecommunications conference control unit carries out the withdrawal or the allocation of a communications right implicitly by means of the telecommunications conference control message by the communications right being withdrawn or allocated when the event specified by the communications right allocation information contained in the telecommunications conference control message has occurred.
50. The telecommunications conference server unit of claim 40, wherein the telecommunications conference control message-generating unit receives at least one telecommunications conference withdrawalallocation event interrogation message interrogating the withdrawal event or the allocation event.
51. The telecommunications conference server unit of claim 40, further comprising a communications right event message-generating unit generating at least one telecommunications conference event message in which the event which serves as the basis for the withdrawal or allocation of the communications right is specified.
52. The telecommunications conference server unit of claim 51, wherein the communications right event message-generating unit generates the telecommunications conference event message according to a telecommunications conference control protocol selected from the group consisting of Session Initiation Protocol, Real Time Transport Control Protocol, and Binary Floor Control Protocol.
53. The telecommunications conference server unit of claim 51, wherein the telecommunications right event message is at least one message selected from the group consisting of:
a message with which the communications right is granted,
a message with which the communications right is withdrawn, and
a message with which status information about the status of a communications right assignment queue is conveyed.
54. A telecommunications terminal, comprising:
a telecommunications conference control unit performing terminal control of a telecommunications conference;
a receiver unit receiving at least one telecommunications conference control message; and
a determining unit determining communications right allocation information from the at least one telecommunications conference control message, the communications right allocation information specifying an event on whose occurrence a communications right is withdrawn from or allocated to the telecommunications terminal within the scope of the telecommunications conference.
55. The telecommunications terminal of claim 54, wherein the determining unit determines communications right allocation information from the at least one telecommunications conference control message, the communications right allocation information specifying a time period after which a communications right is withdrawn from or allocated to the telecommunications terminal within the scope of the telecommunications conference.
56. The telecommunications terminal of claim 54, further comprising a reproduction unit reproducing for a user the communications right allocation information which is determined.
57. The telecommunications terminal of claim 56, wherein the reproduction unit is a display unit.
58. The telecommunications terminal of claim 54, wherein the telecommunications conference control unit performs terminal control of a half-duplex telecommunications conference.
59. The telecommunications terminal of claim 54, wherein the telecommunications conference control unit performs terminal control of an Internet-based telecommunications conference.
60. The telecommunications terminal of claim 54, wherein the telecommunications conference control unit performs terminal control of a push-to-talk telecommunications conference.
61. The telecommunications terminal of claim 60, wherein the telecommunications conference control unit performs terminal control of a push-to-talk-over-cellular telecommunications conference.
62. The telecommunications terminal of claim 54, wherein the telecommunications conference control unit carries out the withdrawal or the allocation of a communications right such that it occurs automatically if the event specified by the communications right allocation information contained in the telecommunications conference control message has occurred.
63. The telecommunications terminal of claim 54, wherein the determining unit determines communications right allocation information from the at least one telecommunications conference control message according to a telecommunications conference control protocol.
64. The telecommunications terminal of claim 63, wherein the determining unit determines communications right allocation information from the at least one telecommunications conference control message according to a telecommunications conference control protocol selected from the group consisting of Session Initiation Protocol, Real Time Transport Control Protocol, and Binary Floor Control Protocol.
65. The telecommunications terminal of claim 54, further comprising a communications right allocation information-updating unit updating communications right allocation information as a function of a received telecommunications conference control message.
66. The telecommunications terminal of claim 54, further comprising a telecommunications conference withdrawalallocation event interrogation message-generating unit generating at least one telecommunications conference withdrawalallocation event interrogation message for interrogating the withdrawal event or the allocation event.
67. A method of generating a telecommunications conference control message, comprising:
adding control information controlling a telecommunications conference to the telecommunications conference control message; and
adding communications right allocation information to the telecommunications conference control message, the communications right allocation information specifying an event on whose occurrence a communications right is withdrawn from or allocated to a telecommunications terminal within the scope of the telecommunications conference.
68. The method of claim 67, further comprising receiving at least one telecommunications conference withdrawalallocation event interrogation message interrogating the withdrawal event or the allocation event.
69. The method of claim 67, further comprising specifying, in at least one telecommunications conference event message, the event which served as the basis for the withdrawal or allocation of the communications right.
70. The method of claim 69, further comprising transmitting the at least one telecommunications conference event message to a telecommunications terminal.
71. A method of controlling a telecommunications conference, comprising:
determining control information controlling a telecommunications conference and communications right allocation information from a telecommunications conference control message being received within the scope of a telecommunications conference, the telecommunications right allocation information specifying an event on whose occurrence a communications right is withdrawn from or allocated to a telecommunications terminal within the scope of the telecommunications conference; and
controlling the telecommunications conference according to the control information.
72. The method of claim 71, further comprising reproducing the communications right allocation information for a user.
73. The method of claim 71, further comprising generating at least one telecommunications conference withdrawalallocation event interrogation message interrogating the withdrawal event or the allocation event.
74. The method of claim 73, further comprising transmitting the at least one telecommunications conference withdrawalallocation event interrogation message to a telecommunications conference server unit.
75. A computer-readable memory element comprising a computer program of controlling a telecommunications conference, the computer-readable memory element element, when being executed by a processor, comprising:
adding control information controlling a telecommunications conference to a telecommunications conference control message; and
adding a communications right allocation message to the telecommunications conference control message, the communications right allocation information specifying an event on whose occurrence a communications right is withdrawn from or allocated to a telecommunications terminal within the scope of the telecommunications conference.
76. A computer-readable storage medium comprising a computer program for controlling a telecommunications conference, the computer program, when being executed by a processor, comprising:
determining control information controlling the telecommunications conference and communications right allocation information from a telecommunications conference control message being received within the scope of a telecommunications conference, the communications right allocation information specifying an event on whose occurrence a communications right is withdrawn from or allocated to a telecommunications terminal within the scope of the telecommunications conference.
77. A computer program element of generating a telecommunications conference control message, the computer program element, when being executed by a processor, comprising:
adding control information controlling a telecommunications conference to the telecommunications conference control message; and
adding communications right allocation information to the telecommunications conference control message, the communications right allocation information specifying an event on whose occurrence a communications right is withdrawn from or allocated to a telecommunications terminal within the scope of the telecommunications conference.
78. A computer program element of controlling a telecommunications conference, the computer program element, when being executed by a processor, comprising:
determining control information controlling a telecommunications conference and communications right allocation information from a telecommunications conference control message received within the scope of a telecommunications conference, the communications right allocation information specifying an event on whose occurrence a communications right is withdrawn from or allocated to a telecommunications terminal within the scope of the telecommunications conference; and
controlling the telecommunications conference using the control information which is determined.
79. A telecommunications conference server unit, comprising:
a telecommunications conference control means for performing server control of a telecommunications conference; and
a telecommunications conference control message-generating means for generating at least one telecommunications conference control message and adding communications right allocation information to the telecommunications conference control message,
wherein the communications right allocation information specifies an event on whose occurrence a communications right is withdrawn from or allocated to a telecommunications terminal within the scope of the telecommunications conference.
80. A telecommunications terminal, comprising:
a telecommunications conference control means for performing terminal control of a telecommunications conference;
a receiver means for receiving at least one telecommunications conference control message; and
a determining means for determining communications right allocation information from the at least one telecommunications conference control message, the communications right allocation information specifying an event on whose occurrence a communications right is withdrawn from or allocated to the telecommunications terminal within the scope of the telecommunications conference.
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 moving teeth, comprising:
moving at least one first tooth with a dental appliance having a number of cavities in which one or more teeth are positioned and wherein the at least one first tooth is positioned in one of the cavities; and
moving at least one second tooth while isolating the at least one first tooth by relieving the at least one first tooth of any applied force from the appliance or the second tooth, wherein relieving the force applied to the at least one first tooth is accomplished by creating space around the tooth and within the one of the cavities of the appliance, such that no force applying contact is made by the appliance or the second tooth.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one second tooth is moved for a first duration and immobilized for a second duration.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first duration is on an hourly basis, a daily basis, or a weekly basis.
4. The method of claim 1, comprising generating a plurality of appliances based on the moving of the at least one first tooth and the at least one second tooth, wherein the appliances comprise polymeric shells having cavities and wherein the cavities of successive shells have different geometries shaped to receive and resiliently reposition the at least one first and second teeth from one arrangement to a successive arrangement.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein a first cavity isolates the at least one first tooth at the rest position.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein a second cavity urges the at least one second tooth to the successive arrangement.
7. The method of claim 4, further comprising replacing an appliance on an intra-day basis.
8. The method of claim 4, further comprising replacing an appliance on a daily basis.
9. The method of claim 4, further comprising replacing an appliance on a multi-day basis.
10. The method of claim 4, further comprising replacing an appliance on an intra-week basis.
11. The method of claim 4, further comprising replacing an appliance on a weekly basis.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one first tooth is a group of contiguous teeth.
13. the method of claim 1, wherein the at least one first tooth is a group of noncontiguous teeth.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one second tooth is a group of contiguous teeth.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one second tooth includes a group of noncontiguous teeth.