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AssigneeVonage Network LLC
InventorsVishal Patel, Stephen Van Saders, Jason Farkas, Nirav Kadakia, Tzahi Efrati, Eugene P. Cannon
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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, and a database connected to the database manager. In one embodiment, the group call administrator identifier and one or more group call invitee identifiers is a telephone number. The server responds to a group call request by initiating a first group call connection and initiating at least one or more second group call connections to join a group call administrator and at least one group call invitee. A method includes using call information from a database to initiate conference call connections and an administrator call connection to facilitate a conference call in which the administrators call connections and the participants connections are joined to allow communications between the participants and the administrator.
A method of establishing a conference call between an administrator and a group of users selected by the administrator as a participant in the conference call, wherein the administrator and users are remote from a central location, comprising:
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