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7187762 |
Conferencing additional callers into an established voice browsing session
A call conferencing method using a voice browser can include establishing a voice browsing session between a calling party and the voice browser. An inbound call from an additional party can be...
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7187763 |
Secure method for conferencing through a remote PBX
An arrangement is employed where a switching unit that conferences a remote telephone with other telephones pursuant to requests that originate via a digital connection from a site that includes...
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7187764 |
Automatic speak-up indication for conference call attendees
A conference call arrangement, conferencing device, conference unit and a method of managing conference calls. The conferencing device may be a speakerphone with a speak up indicator. Whenever a...
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7187767 |
Communication device with dual-mode muting and method therefor
A communication device ( 200 ) for dual mode muting operation includes a user interface ( 208 ) and a controller ( 202 ). The controller ( 202 ) is programmed to: in response to a first user input...
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7184559 |
System and method for audio telepresence
A system and method for audio telepresence. The system includes a user station and a telepresence unit. The telepresence unit includes a directional microphone for capturing sounds at the remote...
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7184531 |
System and method for authorizing a party to join a conference
A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for allowing an authorized party to join a conference are provided. In some embodiments, an application may create or generate a...
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7180992 |
Method and device for providing conferences
The invention provides assistance, by providing a control interface between a recognition or announcement/dialog function with voice recognition functionality and a conference management function,...
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7180997 |
Method and system for improving the intelligibility of a moderator during a multiparty communication session
A system and method for improving the intelligibility of a moderator during a multi-party communication session includes receiving a plurality of participant voice streams from a plurality of...
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7177413 |
Head position based telephone conference system and associated method
The invention relates to a telephone conference system and an associated method. A conference phone includes a plurality of input audio signals and a spatial preference sensor adapted to identify a...
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7177412 |
Multi-media communication management system with multicast messaging capabilities
The multi-media communication management system comprises a controller that interfaces with a plurality of communication space stations and with one or more communication medium service providers....
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7177286 |
System and method for processing digital audio packets for telephone conferencing
Telephone conferencing with processing of sequential audio input packets from connections of the conference with assignment of input packets from each connection to a sequence of output sending...
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7173914 |
Communication node receipt of node-output information from processorless central equipment
A first communication node of a plurality of communication nodes connected with processorless central equipment in a system sends one or more first portions of node-output information to the...
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7174365 |
System and method for controlling one or more multipoint control units as one multipoint control unit
A video teleconferencing system for controlling multiple multipoint control units (MCU) from a single apparatus. The system utilizes a Virtual MCU (VMCU) ( 110 ) to communicate with a plurality of...
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7171007 |
Signal processing system
A signal processing system is provided which receives signals from a number of different sensors which are representative of signals generated from a plurality of sources. The sensed signals are...
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7167552 |
Quorums in meet-me conference calls
In one embodiment, a method for joining a meet-me conference call includes but is not limited to presenting an option to specify a quorum associated with a meet-me conference call, in response to...
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7158624 |
Methods and apparatus for selectively including an audio signal component within an audio output signal
An apparatus and method selectively includes an audio signal component, such as hold music or a hold tone, within an audio output signal, such as a composite audio signal from a multi-party...
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7154999 |
Sending identification information of a plurality of communication devices that are active on a communication session to information receiving component
An apparatus in one example comprises one or more information sender components that upon engagement of a communication device with a communication session that involves a plurality of...
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7149287 |
Universal voice browser framework
A system and method for providing voice communications over a network, including a media server having a voice rendering platform for supporting voice-based user interactions. The voice rendering...
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7149298 |
Method and system for providing subgroup conversation during a teleconference
A method and system for providing subgroup conversation during a teleconference enables side conversations during a virtual meeting. A passcode is used by parties to join the subgroup conversation,...
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7145884 |
Speaker tracking on a single core in a packet based conferencing system
A distributed conferencing system having a plurality of conferencing nodes to connect groups of participants to a conference. Each of the conferencing nodes provides for the connection of one or...
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7145883 |
System and method for gain control of audio sample packets
Determining gain factors for a sequential multiplicity of audio sample packets by first determining a comparison peak value for a present such packet by multiplying a highest sample value by a...
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7139249 |
Method and apparatus for an audio bridge
A method and apparatus to form an audio bridge session are described.
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7139379 |
Monitoring telephone conferences through a network of computer controlled display terminals, each associated with a telephone station and displaying a user-interactive monitoring page
Monitoring of any conventional telephone conference in which a requisite set of conference attendees respectively at a corresponding set of telephone stations are connected into a telephone...
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7139248 |
Electronic conference system using presentation data processing based on audience equipment information
In an electronic conference system, a speaker's equipment acquires information regarding the audience's equipment from the audience's equipment, produces presentation data for transmission suitable...
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7133514 |
Premise-based voice bridge extension
A telephony system for completing conference calls includes a premise-based network having a local controller coupled to local endpoints, a proxy, and a conference bridge. The telephony system...
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7133512 |
Conference call aggregation using an interactive voice response system
Within an interactive voice response system, a method of aggregating conference calls can include registering a caller with the interactive voice response system, accessing a calendar system used...
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7133513 |
Method and system for transcribing voice content of an on-going teleconference into human-readable notation
A method and system for providing transcribed voice content in a human-readable format during an on-going teleconference is provided. In the method, a first terminal engages in an on-going...
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7130403 |
System and method for enhanced multimedia conference collaboration
A telecommunications system includes a network ( 102 ) and a multimedia server ( 104 ) operably coupled to the network. The multimedia server ( 104 ) is adapted to manage a multimedia conference...
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7130404 |
Apparatus and method for providing advanced communication conferencing operations
Producing a textual transcription of a communication conference call. A participant who is going to be absent from the conference can indicate to a conference bridge key words defining topics of...
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7123702 |
Methods and apparatus for billing conference calls
Methods and apparatus for billing communications services through the use of AIN functionality are described. Billing information is communicated to a service control point by placing one or two...
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7123705 |
Call initiation via calendar
A system and method for initiating calls via electronic calendar is disclosed. A call list is associated by a user to a particular time and day within the electronic calendar. When the particular...
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7116787 |
Perceptual synthesis of auditory scenes
An auditory scene is synthesized by applying two or more different sets of one or more spatial parameters (e.g., an inter-ear level difference (ILD), inter-ear time difference (ITD), and/or...
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7116350 |
Teleconferencing method and system
A method and system provides a face-to-face video conference. The method and apparatus comprise a conferencing system consisting of a conferencing station defining a predetermined motif, an image...
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7113580 |
Method and apparatus for performing conferencing services and echo suppression
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing conferencing services in a converged services platform operable to perform a variety of enhanced telecommunications services. The...
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7113992 |
Decomposition architecture for an MCU
The present invention allows the resources of multiple multipoint control units (MCUS) in a multipoint multimedia communication system. A plurality of multimedia terminals support different...
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7113579 |
Method of conference calling supplemental service using intelligent peripheral in intelligent network
A method of providing supplemental service for conference calling using an intelligent peripheral in an intelligent network is disclosed. By using a specific resource of an IP, various good quality...
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7103009 |
Call optimization in ad-hoc conference calls
A method and system for adding a participant to a conference call. A feature of the method and system is that with respect to individual invitees to ad-hoc conference calls, the conference call can...
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7099825 |
User mobility in a voice recognition environment
A voice recognition system is disclosed. A device receives a signal indicating a user ID and transfers a signal indicating its device ID and the user ID to a processing system. The processing...
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7099450 |
System and method for the transfer of an existing logical data link
An existing logical data link between a first subscriber terminal connected to a subscriber line of a telecommunications network and a switching center of the telecommunications network is...
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7099448 |
Identification of participant in a teleconference
A contributor who is one of a number of participants divided into groups at telephone terminals is identified by recognizing the contributor voice during a teleconference managed by a conference...
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7085365 |
Group information management
A communication system including a first administrative subsystem and a second administrative subsystem providing group communication service. The system includes a first server for storing group...
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7085244 |
Floor control language
A telecommunications method and system of floor control, for enabling at least one conference participant to access a shared object or resource for purposes of input. A floor control command signal...
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7085364 |
Advanced conference drop
A network telephone system is provided with a distributed network, a network call processor, with the call processor connected to the network. A telephone line network interface is connected to a...
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7079857 |
Method and apparatus for providing arbitration in a group communication network
A method and apparatus for arbitrating between a first communication device having floor control in a group communication network and a second communication device competing for floor control...
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7079495 |
System and method for enabling multicast telecommunications
A communication network is provided that includes a unicast telephony device, and a plurality of multicast telephony devices operable to receive multicast media streaming transmitted to a multicast...
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7076554 |
Internet service telephone communication connection method
First and second telephone sets each comprise telephone set control units, voice codecs, and accumulating units. When the first telephone set, which is a subscriber of an internet service provider...
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7068792 |
Enhanced spatial mixing to enable three-dimensional audio deployment
A network device and its mode of operation. The network device includes an input port through which audio streams may be received. A controller receives a user input indicating which type of mix...
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7068770 |
Telephone status notification system
A telephone line status notification system including at least one telephone line having a status, a communications network, at least one communications terminal which is connectable to the...
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7065198 |
System and method for volume control management in a personal telephony recorder
A system and method for recording a telephone conference and replaying a portion of the recording during the conference. Users participate by connecting through different types of networks using a...
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7061871 |
System and method for identifying errors in a video conference conducted on a packet-based network
A system and method for identifying errors in a video conference conducted on a network are disclosed. A central device includes a central agent that detects an error during a video conference...
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