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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
David Charles Horvath, Nepean, CA;
Sean Maclean Murray, Toronto, CA;
Ilya Kalnish, Woodbridge, CA;
BCE Inc., Verdun, CA;
Abstract
According to embodiments of the present invention, there are provided a method, system and apparatus for participant verification in a multi-party call environment. A method for verifying a participant in a multi-party call environment comprises receiving an indication of the user's desire to join the multi-party call. The method further comprises determining a user identifier associated with the user. The user identifier associated with the user is then compared with at least one allowed participant identifier associated with at least one allowed participant for the multi-party call; the at least one allowed participant identifier stored in association with scheduling data for the multi-party call. Responsive to the comparing rendering a positive outcome, the communication device associated with the user is caused to join the multi-party call.