Techniques for providing caller ID of participants in a conference call invitation

A method for processing invite messages for a conference, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a private branch exchange (PBX), an invite message inviting a user into an existing conference that has been put on hold using an ad-hoc request, the existing conference being established and including one or more participants participating in the existing conference, the invite message including information for a list of the one or more participants for the existing conference, wherein the list is determined by considering whether each of the one or more participants in the existing conference desires their identification information to be included in the list for release;
• determining, from the invite message, the information for the list of the one or more participants participating in the existing conference;
• and
• rendering the information for the list of the one or more participants
• determining a modality in a plurality of modalities associated with the user;
• and sending the invite message in the determined modality;
• and
• wherein determining the modality comprises determining a modality where the user is listed as having an active presence.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to send a conference invite, the computer-readable storage medium comprising:

• logic configured to receive an ad-hoc request to invite a user into an existing conference, the existing conference being established and including one or more participants participating in the existing conference;
• logic configured to put, by a private branch exchange (PBX), the existing conference on hold in response to receiving the ad-hoc request;
• logic configured to determine, by the PBX, a list of the one or more participants that are participating in the existing conference on hold, wherein the list is determined by considering whether each of the one or more participants in the existing conference desires their identification information to be included in the list for release;
• logic configured to generate, by the PBX, an invite message for the existing conference, the invite message including information for the list of the one or more participants;
• logic configured to send the invite message to the user, wherein the information for the list of the one or more participants is accessible to the user;
• wherein the logic configured to send the invite message comprises determining a modality in a plurality of modalities associated with the user;
• and sending the invite message in the determined modality;
• and
• wherein determining the modality comprises determining a modality where the user is listed as having an active presence.

An apparatus configured to send a conference invite, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• and
• logic encoded in one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media for execution by the one or more computer processors and when executed operable to:
• receive an ad-hoc request to invite a user into an existing conference, the existing conference being established and including one or more participants participating in the existing conference;
• put, by a private branch exchange (PBX), the existing conference on hold in response to receiving the ad-hoc request;
• determine, by the PBX, a list of the one or more participants that are participating in the existing conference on hold, wherein the list is determined by considering whether each of the one or more participants in the existing conference desires their identification information to be included in the list for release;
• generate, by the PBX, an invite message for the existing conference, the invite message including information for the list of the one or more participants;
• send the invite message to the user, wherein the information for the list of the one or more participants is accessible to the user;
• wherein sending the invite message comprises determining a modality in a plurality of modalities associated with the user;
• and sending the invite message in the determined modality;
• and
• wherein determining the modality comprises determining a modality where the user is listed as having an active presence.