System and method for facilitating setup and joining of conference calls
AssigneeYouMail, Inc.
InventorsAlexander E. Quilici, Michael J. Rudolph
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Abstract
A system for managing a conference call, the system comprising a call answering server configured to receive a call from an attendee device that has been forwarded from a host device, identify a conference call associated with the host device for the attendee device to join, receive a request from the attendee device to join the conference call, and connect the attendee device to the conference call.
Claims20
A system for managing a conference call, the system comprising:
- a call answering server configured to:
- receive a call from an attendee device that has been forwarded from a host device, the call having been directed to a contact number normally used to directly communicate with a user of the host device;
- identify a conference call associated with the host device for the attendee device to join;
- receive a request from the attendee device to join the conference call;
- and
- connect the attendee device to the conference call.
Non-transitory computer-readable media comprising program code that when executed by a programmable processor causes execution of a method for managing a conference call, the computer-readable media comprising:
- computer program code for receiving a call from an attendee device that has been forwarded from a host device, the call having been directed to a contact number normally used to directly communicate with a user of the host device;
- computer program code for identifying a conference call associated with the host device for the attendee device to join;
- computer program code for receiving a request from the attendee device to join the conference call;
- and
- computer program code for connecting the attendee device to the conference call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.