How do I hang up on one leg of a three way call?

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I am looking for a way to accomplish two tasks during a three-way call.

Scenario 1:
Caller dials external Callee A
Caller puts Callee A on hold
Caller dials external Callee B
Caller merges to the two calls together.
Caller can now have a three way call with Callee A and Callee B
When the Caller hangs up Callee A and Callee B will be able to continue their conversation.

But sometimes I need the following to happen.

Scenario 2:
Caller dials external Callee A
Caller puts Callee A on hold
Caller dials external Callee B
Caller merges to the two calls together.
Caller can now have a three way call with Callee A and Callee B
Caller removes Callee B from the conversation.
Caller is now only talking with Callee A again.

I have tried using both the attended transfer to atxferthreeway and using the features on the Bria softphone.

When using an attended transfer I can make the call a three way via atxferthreeway and everyone can talk with each other, but I cannot figure out how to hang up on one leg of the call after the call has been made a three way call.

When using the Bria softphone I can merge the calls together and hang up on an individual Callee, but the entire three way call will end when the caller hangs up.

Any guidance would be appreciated!

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Most IP desk phones handle both scenarios, though the ‘transfer on conference hangup’ feature is usually off by default and needs to be set in the phone config.

On a typical ATA, you can enable ‘transfer on conference hangup’ for scenario 1. Flashing during a three-way will disconnect Callee B (as in scenario 2), but there is no way to disconnect only Callee A.

I use the Groundwire app from Acrobits. You can ‘Split’ a conference then press Transfer for scenario 1, or press Split, Switch if needed, End Call, then resume the other call that is now held, for scenario 2.

I know nothing about Bria but if you’re married to it and their support won’t help you, some custom dialplan is probably needed.

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Thanks for this thread. It looks like a good one. Though I don’t have better experience of it. But I would like to learn.

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