US 11,870,821 B1
Conferencing
Marcus Hurst, Fremont, NE (US); and William Krasso, Valley, NE (US)
Assigned to Intrado Corportation, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed by West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/353,030.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04L 65/1073 (2022.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04L 65/1093 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/1069 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1073 (2013.01); H04L 65/1093 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A server comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to execute a conferencing application to:
identify dialed number identification service (DNIS) information corresponding to each conference of a plurality of different conferences each having different DNIS information;
assign call numbers to parties requesting services provided by the conferencing application;
receive calls from a plurality of first participants corresponding to the plurality of different conferences using corresponding call numbers;
receive a same passcode from each first participant of the plurality of first participants, wherein each of the plurality of first participants correspond to different conferences;
associate each of the same passcodes with a corresponding conference, of the plurality of different conferences, based on the corresponding DNIS information;
identify that a received passcode is not associated with a corresponding conference, of the plurality of different conferences, currently executing at the server;
commence a new conference at the server in response to the identification; and
associate the received passcode with the new conference.