Patent ID: 9635698
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for handling a conference call, the method comprising: connecting, by a processor of a master mobile endpoint device, to the conference call; broadcasting, by the processor, a signal to at least one slave mobile endpoint device to join the conference call over a personal area network; receiving, by the processor, a pairing request from the at least one slave mobile endpoint device over the personal area network; accepting, by the processor, the pairing request; and connecting, by the processor, the at least one slave mobile endpoint device to the conference call via the master mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, wherein both the master mobile endpoint device and the at least one slave mobile endpoint device have two-way communications with the conference call and conference call controls, wherein a slave mobile endpoint device conference call control comprises a user control on the at least one slave mobile endpoint device for adjusting a volume of the at least one slave mobile endpoint device for the conference call, wherein a first master mobile endpoint device conference call control comprises a first user control on the master mobile endpoint device for muting the at least one slave mobile endpoint device for the conference call, and wherein a second master mobile endpoint device conference call control comprises a second user control on the master mobile endpoint device for disconnecting the at least one slave mobile endpoint device from the conference call.