Patent ID: 7844034

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a request to set up a first call from a calling party to a called destination, the request specifying the called destination; responsive to the request (i) accessing a profile associated with the calling party, the profile including a plurality of different called destinations and correlation data setting forth an associated third party destination respectively for each of the plurality of called destinations specified in the profile, (ii) using the correlation data stored in the profile to determine a third party destination based on the calling party and the called destination specified in the request, (iii) setting up the first call to the called destination and to a conference bridge, and (iv) sending an alert message to the determined third party destination, the alert message identifying the conference bridge; and thereafter receiving into the conference bridge a second call from a third party and bridging the second call with the first call so that the third party can listen to the first call.