Abstract: A method, system, device to play context-based announcement to specific participants during an active communication session. The method includes receiving a context-based announcement for a participant while the participant is in the active communication session. The method also includes monitoring the communication session, to determine a time when the context-based announcement should be played to the participant. The method further includes playing the context-based announcement to the participant at the determined time. The method may also include displaying to the participant a visual alert associated with the context-based announcement, the visual alert may include controls that allows the participant to select when the announcement is played.

Abstract: A method includes identifying a plurality of communication devices assigned to a same participant to a conference call, evaluating a quality-of-service for each of the plurality of communication devices assigned to the same participant to the conference call and designating one of the plurality of communication devices as a principal communication device of the plurality of communication devices assigned to the same participant to the conference call based on the evaluation of the quality-of-service of the plurality of communication devices. The method also includes automatically muting a remainder of the plurality of communication devices not designated as the principal communication device and reevaluating the quality-of-service for each of the plurality of communication devices.

Abstract: A method, system, device to play context-based announcement to specific participants during an active communication session. The method includes receiving a context-based announcement for a participant while the participant is in the active communication session. The method also includes monitoring the communication session, to determine a time when the context-based announcement should be played to the participant. The method further includes playing the context-based announcement to the participant at the determined time. The method may also include displaying to the participant a visual alert associated with the context-based announcement, the visual alert may include controls that allows the participant to select when the announcement is played.

Abstract: A request to establish a communication is received. For example a request to establish a voice communication is received. The request can be forked to a plurality of communication devices based on an address of record. The address of record is an address associated with multiple communication devices of the same user. The request to establish the communication is stored in a call log entry in a call log. An event associated with the call log entry is received. The event is based information associated with a calling device or a communication device that is not initially part of an established communication session. In response to receiving the event associated with the call log entry, the call log entry in the call log is updated based on the event. The updated call log or the updated call log entry is the sent to the plurality of communication devices.

Abstract: Call forking allows for a subscriber to receive an incoming call and have that call ring on a number of endpoints identified by the subscriber. The call may then be answered on any one of the endpoints without the calling party needing to know which device is most likely to be answered. Call forking is not always available, such as due to regulatory prohibition or technical issues. As a result, a call may be designated to be forked to a particular endpoint, but that particular endpoint may fail to receive the call. The called and calling parties are often unaware of the issue. However, by providing the address of the endpoint back to an originating server associated with the calling party, the call may be forked from the originating server via a path different from the one that caused the endpoint to be unreachable. Once the call is answered, on any ringing endpoint, all other forked calls are terminated.

Abstract: A request to establish a communication is received. For example a request to establish a voice communication is received. The request can be forked to a plurality of communication devices based on an address of record. The address of record is an address associated with multiple communication devices of the same user. The request to establish the communication is stored in a call log entry in a call log. An event associated with the call log entry is received. The event is based information associated with a calling device or a communication device that is not initially part of an established communication session. In response to receiving the event associated with the call log entry, the call log entry in the call log is updated based on the event. The updated call log or the updated call log entry is the sent to the plurality of communication devices.

Abstract: Call forking allows for a subscriber to receive an incoming call and have that call ring on a number of endpoints identified by the subscriber. The call may then be answered on any one of the endpoints without the calling party needing to know which device is most likely to be answered. Call forking is not always available, such as due to regulatory prohibition or technical issues. As a result, a call may be designated to be forked to a particular endpoint, but that particular endpoint may fail to receive the call. The called and calling parties are often unaware of the issue. However, by providing the address of the endpoint back to an originating server associated with the calling party, the call may be forked from the originating server via a path different from the one that caused the endpoint to be unreachable. Once the call is answered, on any ringing endpoint, all other forked calls are terminated.