Patent ID: 8520820

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a conference server, an initial contact from a prospective participant; authenticating, by the conference server, the prospective participant by the use of a reusable personal identification (ID); determining, by the conference server, multiple conference calls associated with the prospective participant based at least in part on the reusable personal identification (ID); receiving, by the conference server, information representative of the prospective participant's scheduled conferences from the prospective participant's calendar, the information being used by the conference server to facilitate determination of whether or not the prospective participant is authorized to join the multiple conference calls; communicating, by the conference server, information on the multiple conference calls to the prospective participant so that the prospective participant can select which conference call to join; receiving, by the conference server, a selection by the prospective participant on which conference call to join; and adding, by the conference server, the prospective participant to a selected conference call.