Patent ID: 6714635
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A conferencing method for providing a conference call for a subscriber in a telecommunications system comprising:receiving input signals, in a switch servicing a phone of the subscriber, from the phone of the subscriber when the subscriber requests the conference call; activating a trigger in the switch that the received input signals are requesting the conference call based on a first string of the received input signals; setting up the conference call in a conferencing bridge in response to the activated trigger; routing the phone of the subscriber to the conference call in the conferencing bridge; obtaining a group of phone numbers of participants from a database, the group of phone numbers at least identified by a second string of the received input signals; calling from the conferencing bridge each phone number of a phone for each participant in the obtained group; connecting the phone of each participant in the conference call in the conferencing bridge when answered in response to calling.