Patent ID: 8964731
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for initiating calls, the method comprising: receiving, via one or more processors, a request for a prospective call, wherein the request for the prospective call identifies (a) parameters for the prospective call and (b) participants of the prospective call comprising at least a caller and a first callee, wherein the parameters for the prospective call are selected from the group consisting of a call subject, an expected call duration, a suggested call time, a suggested call time window, and a communication means; determining, via the one or processors, a current call status associated with the caller and a current call status associated with the first callee, wherein determining the current call status associated with the caller and the current call status associated with the first callee is executed substantially within the suggested call time window; and after determining that (a) the current call status associated with the caller indicates that the caller is available for the prospective call and (b) the current call status associated with the first callee indicates that the first callee is available for the prospective call, automatically initiating, via the one or processors, a call between at least a caller device and a first callee device.