Patent ID: 7978216

Claim:
A method for interfacing one or more conference endpoints with one or more conference servers, the method comprising: enabling a conference adapter to interface with a first conference server using a first signaling functionality and a second conference server using a second signaling functionality; registering, with the conference adapter, the first conference server using the first signaling functionality and the second conference server using the second signaling functionality, with registration information associated with each conference server that includes additional interface commands employed by the conference server; registering, with the conference adapter, a first endpoint using the first signaling functionality and a second endpoint using the second signaling functionality; receiving at the conference adapter, a connection request from the first endpoint to establish a connection to a conference session hosted by the second conference server; determining, using the conference adapter, signaling functionality translation between the first endpoint and the second conference server based on the first endpoint registration information and the second conference server registration information; and selectively establishing communications, using the conference adapter, between the first endpoint and the second conference server based on the signaling functionality translation, while maintaining communications between the conference adapter and the second conference server using the second signaling functionality and between the conference adapter and the first endpoint using the first signaling functionality.