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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2009
David Coleman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrey Kovalenko, Union City, CA (US);
Ed Navarrete, San Jose, CA (US);
Amitabh Sinha, San Jose, CA (US);
David Coleman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrey Kovalenko, Union City, CA (US);
Ed Navarrete, San Jose, CA (US);
Amitabh Sinha, San Jose, CA (US);
Citrix Systems, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Abstract
A conference call system comprising at least a gateway, a conference reservation agent and a multiport conference unit, can establish conference calls by calling conference call participants at a phone number specified by the conference call participants. When a user initiates a conference, an identifier is assigned to the conference and a URL referencing this identifier is transmitted to each conference participant. Upon clicking the URL, conference participants are presented with a web-form within which the participants can entered a preferred phone number and further join the conference. The multiport conference unit receives each participant phone number and calls the participants at that phone number. Upon establishing a telecommunication connection with each participant, the multiport conference unit bridges the multiple call legs to establish the conference call.