Inventors:
Donald Francis Detampel - Westminster CO
Ronald D. Phillips - Golden CO
Thomas Edward Yackey - Broomfield CO
Gregory Wayne Selig - Greenbay WI
Eric Jay Nylander - Morrison CO
Kevin Dale Barnes - Thornton CO
Assignee:
Voyant Technologies, Inc. - Westminster CO
International Classification:
H04M 356, H04M 700, H04L 1218
Abstract:
An on-demand teleconferencing system and method for setting up an on-demand conference call in a telecommunications system having the Advanced Information Network (AIN) architecture with system signaling the number 7 (SS7) and a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). A subscriber is assigned an on-demand conference call number. When that number is dialed into the PSTN, it is identified by the PSTN that the dialed number requires handling by the SS7. The SS7 links the dialed number to a conference allocation and control system (CACS) which is connected to a plurality of scalable bridge servers. The CACS selects bridge servers available to handle the conference call and based upon a selection criteria such as a peak load sets up the on-demand conference call in one of the selected bridge servers.