Patent ID: 11870821
Assignee: INTRADO CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. A method for initiating a conference call using a conferencing application executing on a server, the method comprising:
identifying, by the conferencing application, dialed number identification service (DNIS) information corresponding to each conference of a plurality of different conferences each having different DNIS information;
assigning, by the conferencing application, call numbers to parties requesting services provided by the conferencing application;
receiving, by the conferencing application, calls from a plurality of first participants corresponding to the plurality of different conferences using corresponding call numbers;
receiving, by the conferencing application, a same passcode from each first participant of the plurality of first participants, wherein each of the plurality of first participants correspond to different conferences;
associating each of the same passcodes with a corresponding conference, of the plurality of different conferences, based on the corresponding DNIS information;
identifying, by the conferencing application, that a received passcode is not associated with a corresponding conference, of the plurality of different conferences, currently executing at the server;
commencing, by the conferencing application, a new conference at the server in response to the identifying; and
associating, by the conferencing application, the received passcode with the new conference.