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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2013
Vonage Network Llc, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Vishal Patel, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Stephen Van Saders, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Jason Farkas, Belle Meade, NJ (US);
Nirav Kadakia, Parlin, NJ (US);
Tzahi Efrati, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Eugene P. Cannon, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Vonage Network LLC, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for making a VoIP-based and other types of group calls includes a user interface adapted for use by a group call administrator via the Internet, a database manager connected to the user interface, and a database connected to the database manager. In one embodiment, the group call administrator identifier and one or more group call invitee identifiers is a telephone number. The server responds to a group call request by initiating a first group call connection and initiating at least one or more second group call connections to join a group call administrator and at least one group call invitee. A method includes using call information from a database to initiate conference call connections and an administrator call connection to facilitate a conference call in which the administrators call connections and the participants connections are joined to allow communications between the participants and the administrator.