Patent ID: 8363808
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of facilitating a conference call between two or more participants, comprising: determining, by a processor, that a first new caller desires to join an active conference between the two or more participants; analyzing, by the processor, interaction between the two or more participants; based on the analysis step, determining whether it is polite to allow admittance of the first new caller to the active conference; when admittance of the first new caller is determined to be polite, automatically allowing the first new caller to join the active conference without asking the two or more participants for permission; and when admittance of the first new caller is determined not to be polite, automatically causing the first new caller to become a first waiting participant to the active conference; wherein the determining step further comprises at least one of the following (1) and (2):