Method and apparatus for seamless subconference management
AssigneeAvaya Inc.
InventorPeter Donald Runcie
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Abstract
A method and apparatus manage conference calls by receiving for each of participants a participant access code to identify a subconference call to which each of participants is assigned; forming a conference call of all participants; initiating subconference calls by a host of the conference call; transferring each of the participants into a subconference call identified by the participant access code of each of the participants; re-initiating the conference call by the host; and re-forming all of the participants back into the conference call.
Claims14
A method for managing conference calls, comprising:
- controlling a conference call by a control computer;
- receiving by the control computer for each of participants as each of the participants enters the conference call a participant access code to identify a subconference call to which each of participants is assigned;
- forming by the control computer the conference call of all participants;
- initiating subconference calls by a single command from a host of the conference call;
- transferring by the control computer each of the participants into a subconference call identified by the participant access code of each of the participants in response to the single command from the host;
- re-initiating the conference call by the host;
- and
- re-forming by the control computer all of the participants back into the conference call in response to re-initiation by the host.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium for managing conference calls, comprising computer-executable instructions when executed:
- receiving for each of participants as each of the participants enters a conference call a participant access code to identify a subconference call to which each of participants is assigned;
- forming the conference call of all participants;
- initiating subconference calls by a single command from a host of the conference call;
- transferring by the control computer each of the participants into a subconference call identified by the participant access code of each of the participants in response to the single command from the host;
- re-initiating the conference call by the host;
- and
- re-forming all of the participants back into the conference call in response to re-initiation by the host.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.