Patent ID: 8229096

Claim:
A method for optimizing conference call on a premise comprising: receiving at least one call from at least one caller; identifying at least one on-premise call from at least one caller on the premise; collecting the at least one on-premise call from the at least one call; connecting the at least one on-premise call to a conference call bridge via a single connection; optimizing the at least one on-premise call from the at least one caller on the premise after a conference call has begun; detecting at least one late on-premise call from at least one caller on the premise; storing the at least one late on-premise call in an on-premise switch; identifying capacity of the conference call bridge; determining if number of the at least one conference call has reached the capacity of the conference call bridge; forcing the at least one late call into a separate connection if the number of the at least one conference call has reached the capacity of the conference call bridge; and connecting the at least one late call to the conference call bridge via the separate connection.