System and process for mass telephony conference call
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Abstract
An automated teleconferencing control system and method reduces conference call setup time by simultaneously out dialing to multiple conferees through a plurality of parallel telecommunications resources. The teleconferencing control system includes the feature of automatically gathering statistics of each connection attempt, as well as many other call aspects, using these statistics to automatically improve the efficiency of subsequent conference call initiations. Gathered statistics are also used to automatically configure the system to cause all of the conferees to be connected to a conference call at substantially the same time. The selection of which telecommunications resources are used for contacting each target conferee is made based on criteria that include the telephone number or Internet address of the target conferee'"'"'s telephone.
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34 Claims
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17. A computer-implemented method of increasing a speed at which multiple conferees are connected in a teleconference call, comprising:
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storing in a data storage, a conferee list of the multiple conferees; acquiring data on the multiple conferees from said data storage using a teleconferencing controller; utilizing parallel connections over a telephony interface path, to contact the multiple conferees whom are associated with the teleconference call, using said data; performing a statistical analysis using said teleconferencing controller, to analyze statistics on the multiple conferees, and to modify said data of said conferee list thereby; and increasing a connection time between said multiple conferees to said teleconference call using said modified data of said conferee list. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer system which increases a speed at which multiple conferees are connected in a teleconference call, comprising:
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at least one memory containing at least one program for performing the steps of; storing in a data storage, a conferee list of the multiple conferees; acquiring data on the multiple conferees from said data storage using a teleconferencing controller; utilizing parallel connections over a telephony interface path, to contact the multiple conferees whom are associated with the teleconference call, using said data; performing a statistical analysis using said teleconferencing controller, to analyze statistics on the multiple conferees, and to modify said data of said conferee list thereby; and increasing a connection time between said multiple conferees to said teleconference call using said modified data of said conferee list; and a processor for executing the program. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose contents cause a computer system to increase a speed at which multiple conferees are connected in a teleconference call, the computer system having a program comprising the steps of:
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storing in a data storage, a conferee list of the multiple conferees; acquiring data on the multiple conferees from said data storage using a teleconferencing controller; utilizing parallel connections over a telephony interface path, to contact the multiple conferees whom are associated with the teleconference call, using said data; performing a statistical analysis using said teleconferencing controller, to analyze statistics on the multiple conferees, and to modify said data of said conferee list thereby; and increasing a connection time between said multiple conferees to said teleconference call using said modified data of said conferee list. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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