Patent ID: 8937888
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: sequestering, in response to a triggering event, a participant of a conference session by muting the participant to the conference session, the triggering event comprising the selection of the participant for sequestering; providing a graphical user interface (GUI) operable to: electronically prompting, in response to the triggering event, the sequestered participant connected to the conference session via a corresponding endpoint device to enter an affirmative response in order to re-join the conference session, the prompting comprising playing instructions via an interactive voice response (IVR) script regarding how the sequestered participant may re-join the conference session that the sequestered participant has previously been muted from; and disconnecting the participant from the conference session in the event that the affirmative response is not received within a predetermined time period.