Method and apparatus for controlling a conference call
First Claim
1. Circuitry for supporting multiple party wireless conference calls between a controlling party and at least two subject parties, the circuitry defining logic circuitry comprising:
- logic for tracking the order in which parties were added to a multiparty call in which a controlling party and at least two subject parties are in the call;
logic for relating a plurality of keypad entry combinations to the tracked order in which the at least two called parties were added to the conference call; and
logic for selectively creating a private conversation between the controlling party and a selected subject party whenever the controlling party enters said keypad combination relating to said tracked order the subject party was added to the conference call.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling multi-party conference calls includes circuitry which is operable according to a new conference call protocol. The protocol and accompanying apparatus and method allow a conference call controlling party to selectively have private conversations with one of the subject parties in the conference call. Additionally, the controlling conference call party may selectively drop conference call participants. A mobile station includes a store for storing the conference call participant “subject party set-up number” in relation to the subject party number and/or name. The mobile station also allows the conference call controller to scroll up and down a list of conference call participants. This allows the controller to be certain of a conference call participant'"'"'s “call set-up number” when using a command for a private call or a command to drop a conference call participant.
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13 Claims
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1. Circuitry for supporting multiple party wireless conference calls between a controlling party and at least two subject parties, the circuitry defining logic circuitry comprising:
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logic for tracking the order in which parties were added to a multiparty call in which a controlling party and at least two subject parties are in the call;
logic for relating a plurality of keypad entry combinations to the tracked order in which the at least two called parties were added to the conference call; and
logic for selectively creating a private conversation between the controlling party and a selected subject party whenever the controlling party enters said keypad combination relating to said tracked order the subject party was added to the conference call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method in a wireless network base station for controlling a conference call, comprising:
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establishing a conference call between a calling party and at least two called panics;
tracking the order in which called parties are added to the conference call; and
creating a private conversation during the conference call between the calling party and one of the at least two called parties whenever the base station receives from the calling party mobile station a select combination of keys that identifies the one of the at least two called parties by the order in which the one of the at least two called parties was added to the conference call. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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