Patent ID: 8887070
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of initiating a conference call, the method comprising: extracting, using one or more computers, information about relationships and interests of more than two participants associated with a social network that use multiple mediums of communication to interact; defining, using the one or more computers, an affinity group between the more than two participants based at least in part on the relationships, interests and common usage patterns including frequent interactions among the more than two participants in the multiple mediums; identifying, using the one or more computers, a thread in an application between at least two participants that are members of the affinity group, wherein the thread includes one or more discussions between the at least two participants; responsive to identifying the thread, providing for display of a first button in the application for initiating the conference call between the at least two participants of the thread; receiving a request for the conference call via the first button from one of the at least two participants; retrieving, using the one or more computers, contact information for the at least two participants; calling the at least two participants; and publishing a notification of the conference call, wherein the notification includes at least one of a list of participants that joined the conference call, a time that each participant joined the conference call, a list of invitees that the participants want to join the conference call and a duration of the conference call.