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Method and apparatus for controlling a conference

  • US 4,691,347 A
  • Filed: 02/15/1985
  • Issued: 09/01/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. For use in a communication system having a plurality of stations, a conference bridge and means for interconnecting said stations to said bridge for conferencing, a method of controlling stations connected to the bridge comprising the steps ofsummoning an operator position in response to a request from said bridge,transmitting to said operator position a data message containing the directory number of and the status of all stations originally connected to the bridge.identifying at said operator position one of said stations independently of the directory numbers transmitted thereto, andtransmitting a message to said bridge from said operator position to control the one identified station.

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