Patent ID: 9537704
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04Q,H04W

Claim:
1. A network proxy, comprising: a network proxy communications interface; a memory that stores executable instructions; and a processing system including a processor coupled to the memory and in communication with the network proxy communications interface, wherein the processing system, responsive to executing the instructions, performs operations comprising: receiving, at the network proxy communications interface, a request that is transmitted from a first terminal or a third terminal to migrate active communications with a second terminal from the first terminal to the third terminal while active communications are taking place on a first voice channel connecting the first terminal to the second terminal, initiating a network origination call to the third terminal via a second voice channel responsive to the receiving of the request and the identifier of the third terminal from the first terminal; facilitating a connection of the first and second voice channels by way of a communications bridge; and contemporaneous with a detection at the third terminal of an acceptance of the network origination call, terminating, without additional user-generated input required at the first terminal or the third terminal, a connection between the first terminal and the first voice channel, thereby releasing the first voice channel connecting the first terminal and the second terminal; receiving a conferencing request transmitted from a fourth terminal to connect the fourth terminal to the second voice channel; establishing a third voice channel with the fourth terminal; and facilitating a connection of the second and third voice channels,