Patent ID: 7746997

Claim:
A method of a user practicing a telephony system feature on a telephony system, comprising: receiving, at a first computer automated responder interconnected to the telephony system, a request to initiate a first telecommunication session; receiving, at a second computer automated responder interconnected to the telephony system, a request to initiate a second telecommunication session, wherein the first and second telecommunication sessions are conference together in a common telecommunication session; receiving, at the first and second computer automated responder, a token instruction directed to at least one of the first and second computer automated responders, where the token instruction is given within the common telecommunication session; determining, at the first computer automated responder, whether the token instruction originated from the second computer automated responder or the user; in response to determining whether the token instruction originated from the second computer automated responder or the user, applying the following rules at the first computer automated responder; when the token instruction originated from the user, determining whether the token instruction is directed to the first computer automated responder and, in response to determining that the token instruction is directed to the first computer automated responder, the first computer automated responder taking an action specified by the token instruction; and when the token instruction originated from the second computer automated responder, not taking the action specified by the token instruction.