Patent ID: 7747270

Claim:
A method for allocating a communication right in a first communication conference session between a first plurality of subscribers, comprising: determining, after a communication right has been requested by a first subscriber in the first communication conference session, whether a communication right has been granted to a different subscriber in a second communication conference session between a second plurality of subscribers, at least one second subscriber of the first plurality of subscribers in the first communication conference session also being a subscriber in the second communication conference session, the at least one second subscriber participating in the first communication conference session and in the second communication conference session by means of a subscriber server assigned to the at least one second subscriber, and a process of determining whether a communication right has been granted to a different subscriber in the second communication conference session being carried out by the subscriber server assigned to the at least one second subscriber; denying the first subscriber the requested communication right when a communication right has been granted to a subscriber in the second communication conference session; and granting the first subscriber the requested communication right when a communication right has not been granted to any subscriber in the second communication conference session.