Patent ID: 9591140
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04M

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device from a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader associated with a phone, information identifying a user detected by the RFID reader from an RFID chip embedded in an identification badge associated with the user; transmitting, by the processing device to a server, a query for calendar information associated with the user based on the information identifying the user received from the RFID reader; receiving, by the processing device from the server in response to the query, a calendar information entry associated with a scheduled conference call; determining a present time; determining a time of the scheduled conference call; selecting the scheduled conference call based on the information identifying the user, the present time and the time of the scheduled conference call; and starting the scheduled conference call via the phone using the information identifying the user detected by the RFID reader.