Patent ID: 7711382

Claim:
A method for dynamic group call from a first user to a group of second users via a network including a server, the method for dynamic group call comprising the steps of: specifying a predetermined limit as to a number of second users permitted to join the group of second users; dynamically selecting, by the first user without the network, a selected user for inclusion in the group of second users; determining whether a number of selected second users is within the predetermined limit; if the number of selected second users is within the predetermined limit, adding by the first user the selected user to the group of second users; forwarding a list of dynamic group call members for the group of second users to the network for validation, receiving a group identification for the list of dynamic group call members if the list of dynamic group call members is valid; and initiating the dynamic group call between the first user and the group of second users after the list of dynamic group call members is validated and the first user receives the group identification.