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AssigneeVonage Network LLC
InventorsVishal Patel, Jason Farkas, Stephen Van Saders
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A system and method for making a VoIP-based and other types of group calls includes a user interface adapted for use by a group call administrator via the Internet, a database manager connected to the user interface, a database connected to the database manager. Establishing one or more caucuses within the group call at a central location includes establishing the group call between an administrator and invitees to the group call where the administrator and the invitee are assigned to caucuses as members of the caucus. In the method, the central location receives a caucus request from the administrator, the caucus request identifying a first caucus and a control feature. The control feature is executed on the members of the first caucus and not to invitees of the conference call that are not members of the first caucus.
A method of managing a VoIP-based group call comprising:
The method of claim 2, wherein the control feature request identifies at least a first subgroup and at least a first control feature and wherein the step of executing the requested control feature comprises executing the control feature on the one or more invitees that are associated with the at least one subgroup.
A method of establishing one or more caucuses within a group call at a central location, comprising:
A method of managing a group call at a central location, comprising
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.