Unattended meet-me-conference controlled by a telephone terminal.

A CONFERENCE CALL FIND ME MAY BE ESTABLISHED ON A TELEPHONE TERMINAL (FOR EXAMPLE 101) BY OPERATING A FIND ME BUTTON ON THAT TELEPHONE TERMINAL. THE FIND BUTTON IS OPERATED FOR A PARTICULAR LINE ASPECT, AND THE FIND CONFERENCE IS ESTABLISHED THEN BY ANOTHER TELEPHONE TERMINAL (FOR EXAMPLE, 102, 103, 104) THAT CALLS THE PHONE NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LINE ASPECT. THE USER OF THE TELEPHONE TERMINAL (101) CAN JOIN THE CONFERENCE LATER BY DISENGAGING. AS OTHER PARTIES CALL THIS LINE ASPECT, THE TELEPHONE TERMINAL ADDS THEM TO THE CONFERENCE. WHEN THE PARTIES JOIN THE CONFERENCE THEIR NAMES ARE DISPLAYED ON THE TELEPHONE TERMINAL, AND A SECOND BUTTON ON THE TELEPHONE TERMINAL MAY BE USED TO DISCONTINUE THE PARTIES WHEN THEY ARE ADDED TO THE CONFERENCE. A SECOND PERFORMANCE OF THE FIND ME CONFERENCE BUTTON PREVENTS ADDITIONAL CALLERS TO THE LINE ASPECT FROM ADDING TO THE CONFERENCE.