Patent ID: 7760865
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system configured to facilitate escalating a peer-to-peer conversation to a conference between more than two parties, the system comprising: an interface component that receives information about at least one new participant to add to the peer-to-peer conversation, wherein the interface component displays a list of contacts that can be added to the peer-to-peer conversation as the at least one new participant; a communication component that communicates to a central focus a request that at least two existing parties of the peer-to-peer conversation be added to the central focus, the request being communicated in response to a decision by at least one of the at least two existing parties to escalate the peer-to-peer conversation to the conference, the central focus allowing the at least two existing parties to connect to a central conference manager that controls the conference; and a verification component that: