Patent ID: 9407862
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a computing device executing a conferencing application that enables a real-time, multiuser communication session, a telephone call from a first telephony device associated with a first user, the telephone call: (i) being initiated by the first user dialing a telephone number assigned to at least one of the computing device and a web-based user account of a second user, and (ii) corresponding to a request from the first user to participate in a one-to-one telephone conference with the second user, wherein the second user is signed into the web-based user account at the computing device; outputting an indication of the telephone call at the computing device; receiving an input at the computing device to accept the telephone call via the conferencing application; and in response to receiving the input to accept the telephone call via the conferencing application, initiating a conferencing application session associated with the web-based user account at the computing device between the first telephony device and the computing device.