Patent ID: 8948060
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for a timeslot teleconference, the method comprising: creating on a computer a meeting invite for the timeslot teleconference; creating on the computer timeslots for the timeslot teleconference in the meeting invite; designating on the computer participants for the timeslots in the meeting invite, wherein the timeslots are different time periods during the timeslot teleconference that have variable start and end times, as determined by a host; adding on the computer reach numbers for each of the participants in the meeting invite; wherein the reach numbers are contact numbers to call the participants for respective timeslots; and transmitting on the computer the meeting invite to the participants; wherein to participate in the timeslot teleconference, the timeslot teleconference is structured for a selection of the reach numbers to be called for the participants corresponding to the respective timeslots and is structured for the participants to call in for the respective timeslots; wherein when the participants are called for an upcoming timeslot, operating the timeslot teleconference to place the participants for the upcoming timeslot in a lobby after the participants for the upcoming timeslot have answered the call; wherein the lobby is a holding arrangement for the participants to wait for the upcoming timeslot; and moving the participants for the upcoming timeslot to the timeslot teleconference when a selection of: a previous timeslot has completed, the host initiates start of the upcoming timeslot, a set time for the upcoming timeslot is reached, and a predefined number of the participants for the upcoming timeslot are in the lobby.