Patent ID: 7330540

Claim:
A system for providing a shared voice communication link between three or more users, the system comprising: an application server communicably coupled to a packet based network, and accessible via a public switch telephone network; and a computer readable medium accessible to the application server, wherein the computer readable medium includes instructions executable by the application server to cause the application server to: receive an access request including a single access, reusable identification; identify a first connection associated with the single access, reusable identification; identify a second connection associated with the single access, reusable identification; initiate a ring indicator on a first telephone associated with the first connection; initiate a ring indicator on a second telephone associated with the second connection; receive a first audio signal via the first telephone; receive a second audio signal via the second telephone; receive a third audio signal via a telephone initiating the access reuest; mix the first, second, and third audio signals to create a mixed audio signal; provide the mixed audio signal to the first telephone; provide the mixed audio signal to the second telephone; and provide the mixed audio signal to the telephone initiating the access request.