Patent ID: 8576750

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, an indication that a user of a plurality of users accepts an invitation to join a conference call in response to a device associated with the user detecting an event in a calendar of the user, wherein the event is based on an invitation to the conference call, and wherein the invitation includes a scheduled date and time for the conference call; responsive to determining that a request to join the conference call has not been received by the scheduled date and time, sending, by the computing device, a message to the device associated with the user to join the conference call; determining, by a computing device, a group of permissions granted to the user for participating in a conference call based on an access policy, wherein a leg of a plurality of legs of the conference call is associated with the user; and outputting, by the computing device, a moderator user interface to a device associated with a moderator managing the conference call, wherein the moderator user interface includes a plurality of moderator options individually applicable to at least one of a particular user of the plurality of users and a particular leg of the plurality of legs of the conference call, wherein the plurality of moderator options include recording one or more of the plurality of legs, transcribing one or more of the plurality of legs, muting one or more of the plurality of legs, disconnecting one or more of the plurality of legs, and configuring access policies that change permissions granted to one or more of the plurality of users, wherein one or more of the plurality of options is selectable during the conference call; receiving, by the computing device, an indication of at least one moderator option selected during the conference call; and responsive to receiving the indication, applying, by the computing device, one or more of the plurality of moderator options to at least one of the user and the leg associated with the user.