Patent ID: 7555112
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network, comprising: an intermediate application server component that provides one or more services to one or more telephony devices on a call through employment of one or more data streams associated with the call; and an intermediate switch component, wherein the intermediate switch component and the one or more telephony devices cooperate to establish the call; and wherein the intermediate switch component communicates with the intermediate application server component to establish the one or more data streams associated with the call; and wherein the intermediate switch component maintains one or more voice portions of the call; and wherein the intermediate application server component associates the one or more services with the call; and wherein the intermediate application server component communicates with the intermediate switch component to update one or more of the one or more voice portions of the call based on the one or more services; and wherein the call comprises a conference call, and wherein the intermediate switch component comprises a conference bridge component for said conference call, and wherein the one or more telephony devices comprise a first telephony device and a second telephony device, and wherein the conference bridge component prohibits an input from the first telephony device on the conference cell; and wherein the intermediate application server component provides one or more control interfaces that allow the second telephony device to transmit a request to the intermediate application server component; and the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server component employ the HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) to provide the one or more web portals to the one or more telephony devices; and wherein in response to the request from the second telephony device to the intermediate application server component, the intermediate application server component and the conference bridge component update the conference call to allow the input from the first telephony device on the conference call.