Patent ID: 9065665
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a collaboration call including an associated visual presentation, the method comprising: receiving a collaboration call request from a first endpoint; responsive to receiving the collaboration call request, determining a collaboration bridge for creating the visual presentation from a plurality of collaboration bridges based at least in part on the available resources of the collaboration bridge; subsequent to determining the collaboration bridge for creating the visual presentation, receiving from the first endpoint authentication data for a collaboration call; receiving, during the collaboration call, a request from the first endpoint to authenticate a second endpoint as another authorized participant of the collaboration call, wherein the request identifies the second endpoint; responsive to receiving the request from the first endpoint to authenticate the second endpoint, determining authentication data for the second endpoint; authenticating, by an authenticating entity, the second endpoint based on the determined authentication data; receiving a link for directing a user to the visual presentation from the determined collaboration bridge; and transmitting the link to a call manager associated with the first endpoint.