摘要 |
A method and system are disclosed for establishing a conference call in an advanced intelligent network comprising a service switching point connected to a plurality telephone stations, a service node having an interactive data system, a conference circuit that includes a plurality of ports to selectively couple telephone stations, and a service control point containing a database. The method including receiving, at the storage node, conference call setup information used to initiate conference calls; forwarding the conference call setup information to the service control point for storage in the database, and contacting each participant to the conference call in accordance with the conference call setup information to couple the participants to the conference call. Participants may be contacted at a plurality of telephone numbers until reached, and one or more of the participants may be prompted for help in locating a missing participant. Voice information may be collected from participants in the call, such as prompting the participant for a password.
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