Patent ID: 9025750
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of enhancing call quality of a conference call comprising: determining which telephones of a plurality of telephones are within a listening distance to each other; grouping said telephones based on said determining which telephones of a plurality of telephones are within a listening distance to each other to form a group; identifying participants that should group together in order to reduce load on a bridge used for said conference call, notifying said participants they are to be put into a subgroup, placing said participants in said subgroup; applying a predetermined setting to at least one telephone of said group, wherein said applying a predetermined setting to at least one telephone of said group comprises providing different local mixes to phones that are within a same group, wherein said providing different local mixes comprises moving telephones from a current subgroup to different subgroups; directing a user of said at least one telephone of said group to disconnect from the conference call and share a telephone line with at least one other telephone of said group is selected from the group consisting of: a) placing said user of said at least one telephone of said group in a subgroup with at least one other user of said at least one telephone of said group and reducing a number of said users in said subgroup until a single user remains in said subgroup; b) directing a user of said at least one telephone of said group to disconnect from the conference call, to use a phone line being used by another user in said group, and disconnecting said user of said at least one telephone of said group; c) for a user entering a moderated conference call presenting a moderator with the option of leaving the call as is, ejecting said user, and playing a message to the user then ejecting said user; and d) identifying participants that should group together in order to reduce load on a bridge used for said conference call, notifying said participants they are to be put into a subgroup, placing said participants in said subgroup and requesting that said participants share a phone line.