Patent ID: 9467854
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: joining, by a computing device having one or more processors, a conference session hosted by a server via a wireless computing network; in response to joining the conference session, receiving, at the computing device and from the server via the wireless computing network, a dial-in telephone number for reconnecting to the conference session; detecting, by the computing device, a trigger condition indicative of a need to reconnect to the conference session via a cellular telephone network; in response to detecting the trigger condition, initiating, by the computing device, a telephone call to the dial-in telephone number via the cellular telephone network; and in response to the server obtaining authentication of a caller identification of the computing device, rejoining, by the computing device, the conference session via the cellular telephone network, wherein when the cellular telephone network is operated by a carrier that is not integrated with the server, the call by the computing device to the dial-in telephone number causes the server to obtain authentication of the caller identification of the computing device from a third-party authentication service.