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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2005
Thorsten F. Ohrstrom Sandgren, Thornton, CO (US);
Albert D. Pessot, Boulder, CO (US);
Rongrui Xiao, Superior, CO (US);
Thorsten F. Ohrstrom Sandgren, Thornton, CO (US);
Albert D. Pessot, Boulder, CO (US);
Rongrui Xiao, Superior, CO (US);
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for call conferencing a plurality of participants is provided that includes (a) an input operable to receive, from a conference call participant A-E, at least one of (i) a selective listening request and (ii) a request to remove selective listening, wherein the communication devices-of the conference call participants A-E are connected to a plurality of gateways; and (b) a conference configuration agentoperable, in response thereto and during the conference call, to change from a first conference topology to a second conference topology, wherein the first and second conference topologies have a different number of inter-gateway connections.