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Smartphone conferencing system and method of operating same

  • US 9,609,493 B2
  • Filed: 10/16/2013
  • Issued: 03/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A smartphone conferencing system for handling a conference call between a smartphone and a plurality of conference call participants over a communications network, the smartphone conferencing system comprising:

  • a smartphone server for receiving a conference call establishment request from a smartphone containing contact details relating to a plurality of conference call participants and establishing a communication link through the communication network between the smartphone and each of the conference call participants;

    an audio server for splicing the audio feed from each of the smartphone and the conference call participants into a conference call feed and delivering that conference call feed to each of the smartphone and the conference call participants;

    a database server for storage of data relating to the smartphone users account and data relating to one or more of the smartphone, the call participants, a plurality of call tariffs, and the conference call feed thereon; and

    a dial-out and permissions rating engine (DPRE) in communication with both the database server and the smartphone server, the DPRE comprising;

    means to receive the conference call establishment request forwarded from the smartphone server;

    means to analyse the conference call establishment request to detect valid conference call establishment requests and invalid conference call establishment requests including means to compare a conference call dial-out history of the smartphone user with the conference call establishment request; and

    means to instruct the smartphone server to accept and process or reject the conference call establishment request based on the analysis of the conference call establishment request.

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