Patent ID: 8160223

Claim:
A method for initiating a conference call, the method on an information processing system comprising: running a conference call managing application; receiving, from an invited participant of a conference call, at least one participant-defined condition associated with at least one conference call, wherein the at least one conference call has been previously scheduled, and wherein the at least one participant-defined condition defines a status of a participant's communication device with respect to a geographic location that is required to be satisfied upon a starting time of the conference call to connect the participant to the conference call; determining that the starting time has occurred; identifying, in response to the starting time having occurred, the participant-defined condition received from the participant; determining, in response to identifying the participant-defined condition received from the participant, the status of the participant's communication device with respect to the geographic location as indicated by the participant-defined condition; and sending out at least one alert to at least one required participant of the conference call, in response to the participant-defined condition being satisfied based on the status that has been determined, to start the conference call.