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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2014
Applicant:

West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);

Inventors:

Myron P. Sojka, Logan, IA (US);

Mark Steven Jarzynka, Omaha, NE (US);

Srinivas Maganti, Andhra Pradesh, IN;

Andrew Nelson, Omaha, NE (US);

Assignee:

West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04M 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/16 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04M 3/56 (2013.01); H04M 3/562 (2013.01); H04M 3/567 (2013.01);
Abstract

The illustrative embodiments described herein provide improved systems and methods for conferencing enterprise and non-enterprise callers. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first call initiated by an enterprise caller at an enterprise, communicating with an enterprise media server to initiate a tributary conference on the enterprise media server, joining the enterprise caller to the tributary conference such that the enterprise caller is in data communication with the tributary conference, receiving a second call initiated by a non-enterprise caller via a public switched telephone network, interfacing the non-enterprise caller with a data center media server, creating a home conference on the data center media center, joining the second call to the home conference, and interfacing the home conference on the data center media server to the tributary conference on the enterprise media server to form a linked conference between the enterprise caller and the non-enterprise caller.


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