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Facilitating multi-party conferences, including allocating resources needed for conference while establishing connections with participants

  • US 9,319,634 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2013
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving from a user input specifying more than one participant in a conference, the input being received through a graphical user interface displayed to the user and allowing the user to;

    identify individually the more than one conference participants; and

    indicate whether each of the identified more than one conference participants is a dial-in participant or a dial-out participant;

    invoking the conference upon connecting one or more participants to the conference, wherein connecting one or more participants to the conference comprises receiving a dial-in from at least one conference participant or establishing a dial-out with at least one conference participant; and

    allocating resources to connect participants to the conference upon the conference being invoked.

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