公开(公告)号：US20170163812A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-08

申请号：US15436979

申请日：2017-02-20

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Inventor： Anup D. Karnalkar ,  R. TYLER WALLIS ,  WILLIAM STANLEY ROBBINS ,  SUSAN STEELE ,  MARK RYAN

IPC: H04M3/56 ,  H04N7/15 ,  H04M7/00

CPC classification number: H04M3/567 ,  H04M3/42365 ,  H04M7/006 ,  H04M2203/2066 ,  H04N7/15 ,  H04Q3/0045

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve from an address book a communication identifier for each of a plurality of participants, determine from the address book a conferencing type for each of the plurality of participants, and initiate according to the conference type and the communication identifier of each participant a Voice over Internet Protocol conference call directed to communication devices of the plurality of participants. Other embodiments are disclosed.