Patent ID: 8881027

Claim:
A method of providing a teleforum comprising: connecting a teleforum participant to the teleforum in a listen-only mode; receiving input from the connected teleforum participant requesting active participation in the teleforum; placing the connected teleforum participant requesting active participation into a queue for screening; bridging the connected teleforum participant in the queue into a full-duplex private screening sub-conference with a human screener in response to the placing operation; receiving one or both of the connected teleforum participant's identity and the connected teleforum participant's contribution to the teleforum; presenting, on a hosting graphical user interface, a listing of connected teleforum participants requesting active participation to a host, the listing including the connected teleforum participant; and establishing a full-duplex connection between the connected teleforum participant and the teleforum responsive to authorization of active participation received from the host via the hosting graphical user interface, the authorization of active participation based on one or both of the connected teleforum participant's identity and the connected teleforum participant's contribution to the teleforum.