Patent ID: 8139743
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for enhanced audio conferencing services, comprising: receiving, by an audio conferencing server, a request from a user for enhanced audio conferencing services; authenticating the request to receive enhanced audio conferencing services; receiving, by the audio conferencing server, scheduled conference calls of the user from a calendar server to determine the scheduled conference calls for a day, the scheduled conference calls are different from one another; wherein the audio conferencing server extracts telephone numbers corresponding to the scheduled conference calls for the day, in order for the audio conferencing server to respectively place telephone calls to the telephone numbers of the scheduled conference calls; accessing a list of audio content for the user; providing the user with the list of audio content, such that a selected audio content from the list of audio content can be played in accordance with the scheduled conference calls, the selected audio content includes voice mail messages of the user; providing the user with options to select for playing the selected audio content, wherein the options for playing the selected audio content comprises: calling, by the audio conferencing server, into one of the scheduled conference calls for the user via the telephone numbers, so that the one of the scheduled conference calls plays; and playing the selected audio content in accordance with the selected option; wherein if a trigger is received when the selected audio content is playing, the selected audio content is stopped and the one of the scheduled conference calls is played in place of the selected audio content, the trigger to stop playing the selected audio is configured to include a name of the user, a particular subject matter corresponding to the user, and a page in a slide show presentation; and wherein if the selected audio content is stopped, the selected audio content can resume playing from a point in which the selected audio content stopped.