Patent ID: 8503654

Claim:
A system for automatically initiating a conference call between two or more users over a network, the system comprising: a meeting server to maintain meeting information for the two or more users, wherein the meeting information includes information on the two or more users required to participate in a meeting and whether the two or more users have accepted to participate in the meeting; a calendar server to maintain calendar information for the two or more users, wherein the calendar information includes one or more dates and times when the two or more users are available to participate in the meeting; a profile server to maintain profile information for the two or more users, wherein the profile information includes names of the two or more users; and a conference call initiator; wherein the meeting server, the calendar server, the profile server and the conference call initiator are configured to communicate over the network; wherein the conference call initiator analyzes the meeting information, the calendar information and the profile information that are respectively maintained at the meeting server, the calendar server and the profile server for the two or more users to determine a matching condition, and initiates the conference call when a matching condition is determined; and wherein the conference call initiator is configured to add an additional user to the conference call at a scheduled time different than when the conference call was initiated.