Patent ID: 7805968

Claim:
A method for setting up and controlling a conference circuit between subscriber terminals connected to different network nodes of at least one of a telecommunication network and an internet protocol network, comprising: transmitting an instruction for establishing the conference circuit from one of a subscriber terminal and an agent terminal of a call center to one of a switching computer and a server in the network storing at least one routing information item with respect to parties who will use the conference circuit; calculating an optimized pattern of connections of the conference circuit in the one of a switching computer and a server based on the at least one routing information item; transmitting to at least a first selected switching center of a plurality of selected switching centers a connection set-up request and connection data indicating the pattern of connections based on one of a result of said calculating; distributing the connection set-up request to at least a second selected switching center of the plurality of selected switching centers; and automatically setting up and controlling the connections to the subscriber terminals at the at least first selected switching center and the at least second selected switching center of the plurality of selected switching centers in dependence on the connection data.