Patent ID: 9094520
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing information associated with a conference call in a memory of a conference server, wherein the conference call is terminated, the information being state information at a time of termination for the conference call, wherein storing the information associated with the conference call includes updating previously stored information associated with the conference call, and wherein the information is stored to enable access to the information when re-establishing the conference call in its entirety and the information comprises a second set of states associated with the conference call, the second set of states including the state information at the time of termination for the conference call; obtaining a request to re-establish the conference call on an endpoint; determining when the request to re-establish the conference call is a request to recreate the conference call in its entirety; re-establishing a variation of the conference call using the conference server when it is determined that the request to re-establish the conference call is not the request to recreate the conference call in its entirety; and re-establishing the conference call in its entirety using the conference server upon obtaining the request to re-establish the conference call when it is determined that the request to re-establish the conference call is the request to recreate the conference call in its entirety, wherein re-establishing the conference call in its entirety comprises using the information to set a first set of states, the first set of states including an overall type of the conference call and at least one modality of the conference call, the first set of states being set to be the second set of states, wherein re-establishing the conference call in its entirety using the conference server causes participants in the conference call at the time of termination of the conference call to be involved in the re-established conference call.