Patent ID: 8098808

Claim:
A method for calling participants in a conference call, said method comprising: a computer system receiving a conference date and a call time for said conference call; said computer system receiving names of said participants; and said computer system receiving telephone numbers for said participants, said computer system being operable to automatically initiate computer-originated calls to said participants on said conference date at said call time for connecting said participants together for said conference call; said computer system receiving one or more pre-set call-back preferences before said conference call is initiated, said one or more pre-set call-back preferences for use by said computer system if one or more of said participants is not initially connected to said conference call in response to one or more of said computer-originated calls, said one or more call-back preferences including a designation of a user-selectable call-back frequency with which each non-answering participant is called back, said computer system being operable in response to user input to enable a user selection of a different call-back frequency for different ones of said participants.