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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2006
Moon J. Kim, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
John E. Moore, Jr., Brownsburg, IN (US);
Eric C. Yee, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Moon J. Kim, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
John E. Moore, Jr., Brownsburg, IN (US);
Eric C. Yee, Los Angeles, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method, system, and program product for managing conference calls. Specifically, under the present invention, a moderator and a set (at least one) of invitees (collectively referred to herein as participants) of a conference call are identified. This is typically done based on synchronization with a calendar application used to send and accept an invitation to the conference call. Thereafter, unique conference call numbers associated with the moderator and each of the set of invitees are determined (e.g., by accessing profiles for each participant contained within a directory or the like). Calls are then received from the moderator and invitees(s) using the unique conference call numbers assigned thereto. Although the calls were made using unique conference call numbers, the calls will then be joined under the present invention to initiate the conference call.