Distributed audio conferencing system

摘要

A conference call system with a plurality of endpoints, a switch and a media mixer is disclosed. One or more entities in the conference call system comprise part or whole of a feature module. The feature module executes various telephony features like adjusting the volume of a selected participant in a conference call, initiating a sidebar with a participant wherein other participants cannot hear the conversation of the participants in the sidebar, putting a selected call participant on hold from an endpoint other than the selected participant's endpoint, disconnecting a selected participant from an endpoint other than the selected participant's endpoint and transferring a call with two or more participants to a new participant's endpoint.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
during a conference call between a first participant on a first endpoint, a second participant on a second endpoint and a third participant on a third endpoint, receiving a third party disconnect (TPD) request for disconnecting the third endpoint from the conference call from a requesting participant, wherein the TPD request comprises an identification of the third endpoint, the requesting participant is the first participant or the second participant; and determining permissions associated with the requesting participant based on a query of a database that includes permissions associated with participants in the conference call, and based on the permissions associated with the requesting participant:
denying the TPD request if the permissions do not authorize the requesting participant to make the TPD request; andif the permissions authorize the requesting participant to make the TPD request:
determining an identification of a media mixer for the conference call;sending a request to the media mixer to disconnect a media connection between the media mixer and the third endpoint; anddisconnecting the third endpoint from the conference call.