Patent ID: 8942365
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for monitoring and providing access to back to back scheduled conference calls within a teleconferencing system, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more computer processors, a call from a caller; receiving, by one or more computer processors, a password entry from the caller; determining, by one or more computer processors, the password entry is valid for a scheduled conference call; determining, by one or more computer processors, the scheduled conference call is scheduled back to back with a previous conference call; determining, by one or more computer processors, the previous conference call is not over; determining, by one or more computer processors, the password entry is a specific password, wherein the specific password is issued only to callers accessing back to back scheduled conference calls; and based, at least in part, upon determining the password entry is the specific password, placing, by one or more computer processors, the caller on hold.