Patent ID: 9160549
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing a conference call between an administrator and a group of users selected by the administrator as participants in the conference call, wherein the administrator and users are remote from a central location, comprising: receiving call information associated with the group of users from the administrator at the central location; initiating plural conference call connections from the central location to the participants based on call information; initiating an administrator conference call connection from the central location to the administrator; and, connecting the plural conference call connections to thereby allowing communications between the participants and connecting the administrators conference call connection at the central location, to thereby allow communications between the participants and the administrator; wherein the call information comprises connection values and at least two of the plural conference call connections are initiated in a sequence based on the connection values: wherein the connection values are based on one or more factors selected from the group consisting of age, seniority, position, wage, management level, organization, user preference and administrator preference.