Patent ID: 8437461

Claim:
A method for finding conference call participants, comprising: providing a plurality of conference call participants with an invitation to participate in a conference call; receiving responses from a number of the plurality of conference call participants to the invitation, wherein at least one of the conference call participants accepts the invitation; creating an electronic record of the conference call participants that have accepted the invitation; after creating the electronic record of the conference call participants that have accepted the invitation, initiating the conference call; determining that at least one conference call participant that accepted the invitation has not joined the conference call; identifying the at least one conference call participant that accepted the invitation and has not joined the conference call; providing an output to a conference call host including a notification that at least one conference call participant that accepted the invitation has not joined the conference call, wherein identifying the at least one conference call participant includes obtaining a first communication address associated with the at least one conference call participant; initiating a communication with the at least one conference call participant that accepted the invitation and has not joined the conference call using the first communication address; establishing a first communication channel with the first communication address; presenting a plurality of options to the at least one conference call participant as part of a first communication over the first communication channel; and receiving a selection from the at least one conference call participant of one of the plurality of options, wherein a selection of an option to defer joining the conference call for a specified period of time is received.