Patent ID: 7436785

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving into a conference-call-setup-system (CCSS) a request from a user to join a teleconference, wherein the request indicates a subject matter of the teleconference, wherein the CCSS comprises a switch and a service control point, and wherein receiving the request from the user comprises (i) the switch receiving a feature code as digits dialed by the user from a device operated by the user, wherein the feature code corresponds with the subject matter, and (ii) the switch providing the feature code in a signaling message to the service control point; learning a location of the user; selecting a teleconference based on (i) the location and (ii) the subject matter, wherein the service control point has logic that correlates teleconferences with location and subject matter, wherein particular feature codes correspond respectively with particular subject matters, and wherein selecting the teleconference based on the location and the subject matter comprises the service control point referring to the logic to select as the teleconference a teleconference that matches the (i) location and (ii) the subject matter corresponding with the dialed feature code; and joining the user into the selected teleconference.