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20080198770 | N-WAYS CONFERENCE SYSTEM USING ONLY PARTICIPANTS' TELEPHONY DEVICES WITHOUT EXTERNAL CONFERENCE SERVER - An n-ways conferencing system using only the participants' telephony devices and without an external conference server. A plurality of telephony devices dial in to and report their mixing capability to a connection topology manager. The connection topology manager also determines the location of each telephony device and neighboring telephony device pairs in the conference service, as each telephony device is used for mixing voice signals of its closest neighbors, and calculates a minimum conference traffic delay for each telephony device. The connection topology manager then builds a topology for the conference service based on the mixing capability, location, and minimum conference traffic delay, wherein the connection topology manager distributes a mixing computation in a substantially uniform manner across the plurality of telephony devices. When a change in the network condition is detected, the connection topology manager rebuilds the topology to bypass the change in the network condition. | 08-21-2008 |
20080225756 | Method for synchronizing U-APSD trigger frames - A wireless LAN is comprised of a number of wired infrastructure devices, including at least one access point able to support a number of wireless communication devices configured to operate in the U-APSD mode. The wireless communications devices periodically contending for the wireless medium to transmit trigger messages to the access point and the access point responding by transmitting at least one frame of information. The wireless communications devices operate to synchronize the transmission of their trigger messages such that the possibility that the messages collide with one another is minimized. | 09-18-2008 |
20080225757 | WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for interactive web based learning may include providing at least one teaching node accessible by at least one teacher, and providing at least one student node accessible by at least one student. A bidirectional live interface may be provided between the at least one teaching node and the at least one student node. The bidirectional live interface may enable the student node to receive at least one of an audio, a video or a text based communication from the at least one teaching node. The bidirectional live interface may also enable the at least one teaching node to receive at least one of an audio, a video or a text based communication from the at least one student node. | 09-18-2008 |
20080232277 | Audio sequestering and opt-in sequences for a conference session - In one embodiment, a method includes electronically prompting, in response to a triggering event, a participant connected to a conference session via a corresponding endpoint device to enter an affirmative response in order to continue attending the conference session. The participant is disconnected from the conference session in the event that the affirmative response is not received within a predetermined time period. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. | 09-25-2008 |
20080239994 | Multimedia Conference Resource Sharing System and Method - A multimedia conference system is provided that includes a conference server, a file server, an organizer system, and one or more participant systems. The conference server is configured to promote participants conferencing. The file server is configured to maintain conference related multimedia content. The organizer system is used by an organizer to arrange a conference using the conference server. The organizer uses the organizer system to promote storing conference related multimedia content to the file server. The one or more participant systems are used by participants to join the conference and retrieve separate instances of the conference related multimedia content. A method for multimedia conferencing is also provided. | 10-02-2008 |
20080239995 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF CONFERENCE RESOURCES - A method for the automatic configuration of conference resources includes receiving a user request identifying at least one conference resource to be used in a conference. The at least one conference resource is reserved for the conference. Operation of the conference resource is automatically initiated without user interaction. | 10-02-2008 |
20080259823 | Efficient Error Response in a Video Conferencing System - Elements in a video conferencing system may respond to error message(s) by aggregating any related error messages and responding based on a severity of the error indicated by the related error messages. A multipoint control unit (MCU) may identify an active stream from a first endpoint and forward the active stream to a second endpoint. The active stream may include a plurality of packets and transmit a video image by sending a frame followed by sub-frame modifications. The MCU may receive an error message from the second endpoint and determine the error's severity, which is related to an impact on an displayed image. Based on the severity, the MCU may identify and send a set of correction packets to the second endpoint. Also, a third endpoint may receive the active stream and respond to one or more error messages received from the second endpoint. | 10-23-2008 |
20080259824 | IDENTITY-BASED CONFERENCING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Described in this paper are systems and methods of providing conferencing services where a conference participant is identified by the conferencing system when calling into the system. The system and methods focus on individual users instead of groups of participants. Instead of using a conference identity as the driver, embodiments herein invoke a user identity, and services are personalized for each user. The user has far fewer codes to juggle and all participants enjoy a quicker, richer, and more secure experience. | 10-23-2008 |
20080267093 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFERENCING - A method and apparatus is provided for conferencing a plurality of users of a communication system. The method includes the steps of detecting a plurality of electronic messages directed to a common subject matter among the plurality of users, comparing a frequency of the detected messages among the plurality of users during a time period with a threshold value and setting up an electronic conference among the plurality of users when the frequency of messages exceeds the threshold value. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267094 | Method and apparatus for distributed conferences - A method and apparatus for enabling an event such as a telecollaboration or conference event in a communication network. The apparatus is tree-structured, and comprises a main site and one or more descendent sites, each site comprising one or more servers. Each site is a parent site, a descendent site, or both. Two sites may be connected via a dedicated or controlled connection. The apparatus further comprises client devices, each client device connecting to one site. The method of the disclosed invention comprises passing information between a client device and a server or between two servers exactly once. The information is propagated by each server to all the components connected to the server, i.e. the parent site if any, descendent sites if any, and client devices if any, excluding the component from which the server received the information. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267095 | Breakout rooms in a distributed conferencing environment - Architecture that facilitates management and control of sidebar sessions (or breakout rooms) in a distributed conferencing environment. Distributed frontends (or MCUs) are provided for multi-party access into a main conferencing session. In one implementation, the main session can then be partitioned to provide one or more sidebar sessions for side conferencing. The sidebar sessions can all be contained on a single MCU or distributed across multiple MCUs. The leader of the main session can then freely roam among the sidebar sessions of a single MCU or among the sessions on the distributed MCUs. The protocol can be SIP-based, and also or alternatively use C3P commands for creating (or adding) a sidebar session, modifying the sidebar, moving users to and from a sidebar, and deleting the sidebar session. | 10-30-2008 |
20080273476 | Device Method and System For Teleconferencing - Disclosed is a device, system and method for teleconferencing. According to some embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a teleconferencing system including a communication module adapted to transmit a digital data stream including data correlated to (e.g. representative of) a sound signal received by one or more microphones from a given sound source along with a relative direction vector or a relative direction vector indicator associated with the given sound source. | 11-06-2008 |
20080279118 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL BASED CONFERENCE SERVICE - A system for providing a session initiation protocol based conference service includes: a conference host terminal that produces requests to setup a call using identification information, to make a registration of participants to be invited to a conference session using a conference identifier, and to initiate the conference session using the conference identifier; a plurality of conference participant terminals as the participants that participate in the conference session; and a conference server having the identification information. The conference server issues the conference identifier to the conference session; stores therein the participant information; and sends to each of the conference participant terminals corresponding to the stored participant information a message to invite the conference participant terminal to the conference session, the message containing the conference identifier, thereby creating the conference session with conference participant terminals which have sent to the conference server acknowledgement messages. | 11-13-2008 |
20080285486 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Pt Server Having Controlling Function - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining a controlling PT server. A mobile communication terminal transmits a group generation request message to a PT XDMS, and the PT XDMS determines a specific PT server having the largest number of members as a controlling PT server. The PT XDMS generates group identity information by using an address of the specific PT server, and transmits a group generation response message including the group identity information to the mobile communication terminal. Then, the mobile communication terminal transmits the group identity information of the group generation response message to a PT server with being included in an INVITE message. The PT server certifies the group identity information included in the INVITE message, and determines whether or not itself is to be operated as a controlling PT server. | 11-20-2008 |
20080298278 | Techniques for a mixed audio conference - Techniques for a mixed audio conference are described. An apparatus may comprise an audio video multipoint control unit to mix call information from multiple call connections established over a packet-switched network for a conference call. The apparatus may comprise a telephony gateway communicatively coupled to the audio video multipoint control unit. The telephony gateway may establish a bridge connection with a conference bridge servicing a call connection over a circuit-switched network, the telephony gateway to translate call information from the call connection for use by the audio video multipoint control unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-04-2008 |
20080298279 | SECURITY AND SUPPORT FOR FLEXIBLE CONFERENCING TOPOLOGIES SPANNING PROXIES, FIREWALLS AND GATEWAYS - A method and system for setting up and managing secure data/audio/video conferences with a wide range of topologies is described. The disclosed method and system allow extending the range of topologies possible with the H.323 conferencing standards while overcoming T.120 negotiating constraints. Security in such conferences may be based on a trusted node system or on more complex security procedures. Furthermore, the taught conference topologies fully utilize the T.120 standards while also permitting the reach of the conferences to the extent enabled by the H.323 standards by implementing additional modules to manage the setting up and tearing down of one or more conference connections. In addition, the method and system allow for dynamically adjusting conference connections to improve bandwidth usage and utilize H.323 support for gatekeepers. | 12-04-2008 |
20080316944 | IDENTIFYING PARTICIPANTS OF AN AUDIO CONFERENCE CALL - An apparatus for identifying participants of a conference call in a telephony network, each participant using a respective channel to participate in the conference call, the apparatus including: a sampler, deployed in the telephony network, and configured to continuously sample each of the channels during the conference call, a dominant channel identifier, in communication with the sampler, and configured to identify in real time a dominant one of the sampled channels, and a current speaker data disseminator, in communication with the dominant channel identifier, and configured to disseminate, in real time, data pertaining to a participant who uses the dominant channel to at least one remaining participant of the conference call, so as to identify the participant who uses the dominant channel as a current speaker to the remaining participant. | 12-25-2008 |
20080316945 | IP TELEPHONE TERMINAL AND TELEPHONE CONFERENCE SYSTEM - In a telephone conference system including IP telephone terminals for transmitting and receiving packeted and encoded voice information that are connected to each other through an IP network; a storage server for being connected through the IP network and storing the encoded voice information is equipped, a marker assigning unit for generating marker information assigned to the encoded voice information at arbitrary timing is included in the IP telephone terminal; network address information, time information, and the marker information are associated with the encoded voice information to store them in the storage server when the marker information is generated. In addition, an agenda selecting unit is included in the IP telephone terminal, and only the encoded voice information assigned with the marker information corresponding to an agenda selected by the agenda selecting unit is used from the encoded voice information stored in the storage server to reproduce voice. | 12-25-2008 |
20080316946 | System and method for providing virtual multiple lines in a communications system - An exemplary system and method for providing virtual multiple lines in a communication system is provided. The exemplary system allows a plurality of simultaneous phone calls to be conducted via a single access identifier (e.g., phone number). In exemplary embodiments, the system comprises a hub configured to route calls via PSTN and VoIP. The determination as to how the call should be routed may be performed by the hub, a call services server, or a combination of both. At least one client device may be coupled in communication with the hub and configured to enable placement or receipt of a second or subsequent call when a first call is active. The client device is coupled to a communication device which places or receives the second or subsequent call. | 12-25-2008 |
20090003246 | Multimedia conference device - A multimedia conference device includes a main body, at least three legs, and a cylindrical portion. At least three legs are pivotally connected with the main body respectively at one end thereof. The cylindrical portion extends outward from a central area of the main body. | 01-01-2009 |
20090003247 | TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A communication device for simultaneously rendering one or more conversations. The device includes a receiver for receiving over a network media associated with the one or more conversations and a rendering element for simultaneously rendering the media of the one or more conversations as the media is received over the network. The device also includes a media creation device for creating media for the conversations and a transmitter for transmitting the created media over the network to other participants of the one or more conversations. A memory or storage device stores the received and created media associated with the one or more conversations. A rendering control element is provided to control the rendering element to (i) pause the simultaneous rendering of the media received over the network associated with the one or more conversations and (ii) select for review during the pause one of the one or more conversations by rendering the received and/or created media associated with the selected conversation. During the review period, the received media of the other conversations is stored, but not rendered. After the review of the selected conversation, the simultaneous rendering of the plurality of conversations may be resumed. By storing the media of all the conversations during the review period, the non-rendered media received during the pause may be later reviewed. | 01-01-2009 |
20090003248 | CONFERENCE SYSTEM AND SERVER APPARATUS THEREFOR - According to one embodiment, a conference system which includes a plurality of client terminals to be connected with a communication network, and a conference unit supporting conferences to be held among the plurality of client terminals via the communication network, includes a resource control unit which dynamically allocate a resource of the conference unit to be consumed for supporting the conferences for each group to individually hold the conferences in response to occurrences of events showing changes in states of client terminals belonging to the group, and a release control unit which releases at least a part of the resources to be allocated to groups in which the events occur while the conferences are held under preset conditions. | 01-01-2009 |
20090022072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MEDIA STREAM QUEUES BASED ON CONTROL - A control-based method for processing media stream queues includes: a multimedia control entity processes the talk burst request queues corresponding to different media types when the conditions of triggering processing of different talk bursts are satisfied; and the multimedia control entity sends the assigned talk burst to the corresponding multimedia session terminal. The present invention also provides a corresponding apparatus. By processing the media stream queues, the present invention ensures talk bursts of multiple correlated media types to be assigned in a session. | 01-22-2009 |
20090028071 | VOICE CONFERENCE SYSTEM AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A voice conference system includes a wireless transceiver ( | 01-29-2009 |
20090040948 | Speed conferencing - Speed conferencing is facilitated using a speed conference group. A conference server provides a conference room for managing a conference call between conference participants belonging to the speed conference group. The conference server uses the speed conference group to call the conference participants within that speed conference group to invite the conference participants to join the conference call in the conference room. | 02-12-2009 |
20090052351 | MICROPHONE EXPANSION UNIT FOR TELECONFERENCE PHONE CALLS - A portable teleconference phone system includes a plurality of portable computers each having a microphone disposed therein, the microphone configured to receive a plurality of analog audio signals from a plurality of users at a first location, the analog audio signals being converted into one of a plurality of digital audio signals at the portable computers; and a portable teleconference unit located at the first location configured to receive the digital audio signals from the portable computers over a wireless link using a Bluetooth communication protocol, the portable teleconference unit configured to multiplex the digital audio signals into a single digital audio signal, convert the single digital audio signal into a single analog audio signal representative of the analog audio signals, and send the single analog audio signal over a communication wire to a remote communication device operated by a plurality of users at a second location forming a teleconference. | 02-26-2009 |
20090052352 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SOUND OR THE LIKE, APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A SOUND OR THE LIKE, AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING A SOUND OR THE LIKE - A method for providing a sound or a moving image from a first apparatus to a second apparatus including allocating sample values belonging to the same first time slot among sample values obtained at individual time points by sampling an analog signal of a sound or a moving image to plural packets in the first apparatus and transmitting the sample-value-allocated packets to the second apparatus from the first apparatus. | 02-26-2009 |
20090067349 | Method and apparatus for virtual auditorium usable for a conference call or remote live presentation with audience response thereto - A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing a virtual auditorium for a remote, live performance to a remote, distributed audience, wherein the performers receive the reaction of the audience members in substantially real time. The live performance can itself be distributed geographically, as taught in the prior art, and may be multimedia in nature, for example audio (monophonic, stereo, or multi-channel) can be augmented by images, video, MIDI, text (e.g., commentary, lyrics), etc. Further, the distributed audience members can receive each other's reaction, also in substantially real time, whereby the virtual auditorium is created wherein the distributed audience members constitute a virtual assembly. | 03-12-2009 |
20090067350 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR VIRTUAL MEETING - The present relates to a method and arrangement for controlling streams of participants of a virtual meeting, wherein at least a first participant and a second participant are located in a first location and at least a third participant is located in a second location. The arrangement comprises means for receiving location information associated with identity information for each participant, means for receiving a stream from each participant whereby the stream comprises at least audio and an identity of the respective participant, means for controlling transmission of each received stream separately to said participants based on said location information and identity information such that streams between the participants in the same location are blocked. | 03-12-2009 |
20090109879 | MANAGING A PACKET SWITCHED CONFERENCE CALL - The invention relates to a method for managing a packet switched, centralized conference call between a plurality of terminals | 04-30-2009 |
20090129295 | Electronic Conference System, Electronic Conference Managing Device, Terminal Device, Electronic Conference Managing Method, Control Program, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing Same Control Program - A PoC communication system ( | 05-21-2009 |
20090135740 | Enhanced Application-Layer Multicast for Peer-to-Peer Conferencing - An application-layer multicast-based (ALM-based), peer-to-peer conferencing system is disclosed that leverages the differing capabilities of the participating peer nodes. A conference call can be set up among peer nodes of three different types. A bridging node is capable of mixing individual audio signals that are associated with a call into a composite audio signal and of providing the composite audio signal to another node. A mixing-capable node is capable of mixing the individual audio signals that are associated with a call, but not of relaying those signals to another node. A mixing-incapable node does not support the mixing of individual audio signals. The conferencing architecture of the illustrative embodiment is able to account for the differences between the three types of nodes that are to participate in a conference call, resulting in an optimal allocation of bandwidth and processing resources. | 05-28-2009 |
20090135741 | Regulated voice conferencing with optional distributed speech-to-text recognition - Systems and methods for regulated voice conferencing are provided. A system for regulated voice conferencing includes multiple communication devices connected to a network. The communications devices are operative to receive audio inputs from and deliver audio outputs to users of the devices to conduct a regulated, voice conference using a half-duplex communication mode. Each communication device includes a messenger application and a speech-to-text recognition (STTR) application. The messenger application is operative to capture the audio inputs, encode the audio inputs, and transmit the encoded audio inputs over a network, and to receive encoded audio inputs over the network and convert the received encoded audio inputs to the audio outputs. The STTR application is operative to convert the audio signals into text signals corresponding to the audio signals, to transmit the text signals over the network, and to receive text signals over the network. | 05-28-2009 |
20090135742 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEGOTIATED MESSAGE DELIVERY - A method of message delivery can include registering a plurality of reception states for a receiving party. The reception states can specify conditions for establishing communications links with receiving party addresses. A receiving party address can be identified from a first initiated communications link between the sending party and the receiving party. Reception state data specified by the plurality of reception states can be determined according to the receiving party address and can be presented to the sending party. | 05-28-2009 |
20090147704 | Method for ringcasting with improved reliability - A method of ringcasting with improved reliability, in which a participant who is the source of content saves the signal in which the content is found, and compares received signals with the signal in which the content is found to ensure that the content has made it completely around the ring. If any particular piece of the content does not complete the ring, the content is re-transmitted from the participant around the ring. Sequence indices within the signal informs each participant of the sequence in which any particular piece of content is to be received so that, even if any particular piece of content is received out of order, it will be replaced in its proper sequence by a recipient. | 06-11-2009 |
20090161585 | VOIP Music Conferencing System - A system is disclosed and includes a network interface to receive a first Internet Protocol (IP) message within a first Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call over a network, where the first IP message carries a first Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) signal. The system also includes a processor to receive the first IP message from the network interface and to extract the first MIDI signal from the first IP message. | 06-25-2009 |
20090262668 | Immediate communication system - A communication service network, comprising:
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20090279455 | METHOD, A DEVICE AND A SYSTEM FOR CONVERGING IP MESSAGE - A method, a device and a system for converging IP message are disclosed. The invention includes the following step: the CPM server that receives a CPM message determines its service type based on the CPM message and performs a corresponding signaling control, and processes the CPM message content based on the process flow corresponding with the service type; forwardly, the invention includes the following step: the CPM server that receives a CPM message determines its service type based on the CPM message, and determines the service server which can process this service based on the service type, and converses the CPM message to the message or/and session request corresponding with the service server, and transmits it to the service server to process, and after the CPM message of the service server is received, transmits the CPM message to the CPM client terminal. | 11-12-2009 |
20090285130 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CONFERENCING RESOURCES IN A PREMISES - A conferencing system for an enterprise is disclosed. The conferencing system includes a management apparatus for managing conferencing resources in a premises. The management apparatus includes a communications link for communicating with a proximity announcing system, which indicates whether a portable communications device is near a conferencing device within the premises. The management apparatus can transmit a message to a proximate portable communication device indicating that a conferencing device is nearby. The proximity announcing system can include wireless transmitters and receivers associated with the premises and with portable communication devices used within the premises for tracking the location of the portable communication devices throughout the premises. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285131 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE TO A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A CONFERENCING SESSION - A conferencing system for an enterprise is disclosed. The conferencing system allows a conferencing session conducted on a conferencing device within a premises to be controlled from a portable communication device. The system provides a generic user interface to the portable communication device for controlling the conferencing session. Commands for controlling the conferencing session are entered on the portable communication device and signaled to the conferencing device. | 11-19-2009 |
20090296607 | Computer Telephony for Cellular Phones - The present invention relates to a computer telephony terminal provided in a personal computer ( | 12-03-2009 |
20090296608 | CUSTOMIZED ROUTING TABLE FOR CONFERENCING - Architecture employs custom routing tables that facilitate sub-conferences for the main conference session. Sub-conferences in a Voice over IP (VoIP) or Audio/Video over IP (A/VoIP) conference can be created with overlapping sets of sources contributing to overlapping sets of sinks. The custom routing table architecture allows the subdividing of the main routing table into smaller virtual subtables and the configuration of the subtables individually using different corresponding rulesets. These subtables are referred to as groups or conference groups. Each group has a ruleset which defines the routes between sources and sinks of the group. Each source or sink can belong to two or more groups. Thus, the subtables can overlap. Groups and the corresponding rulesets together provide a new way to customize the overall routing configurations in the conference. | 12-03-2009 |
20090310520 | WIDEBAND TELEPHONE CONFERENCE SYSTEM INTERFACE - A telephone conferencing system interface is provided which is operable at high bandwidths via a VoIP telephone. A teleconference system interface module is connected to a the VoIP telephone via the telephone's headset connector and to a teleconference system via conferencing input circuitry, conferencing output circuitry and interface module connection circuitry. The teleconference interface module includes ground isolation transformers selected for high bandwidth operation and includes a privacy switch which can disconnect a teleconference from the VoIP telephone. | 12-17-2009 |
20090316607 | Group Call Notification Method and Mobile Station - A group call notification method according to the present invention includes the steps of: managing information on a member participating in the group call among the specified members when a plurality of members are specified and the group call is started; and when receiving an inquiry about a member participating in the group call from a member not participating in the group call among the specified members, notifying the member who has made the inquiry of information on the member participating in the group call on the basis of the managed information. | 12-24-2009 |
20100020728 | System, Method and Portable Communication Device - A system, method and computer program product for providing a user a way to change communications presence information is disclosed. A point of presence (PPD) device may produce presentity (a source of presence information about a user) which may be transmitted out-of-band to a watcher or watchers of an intelligent call handling presence server. | 01-28-2010 |
20100034122 | Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) location based conferencing - A Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) device uses its location to narrow down known and unknown potential VoIP third parties meeting the user's criteria, based on their physical proximity to the initial caller and other pre-determined characteristics, to join in a phone conference. A VoIP soft switch includes conference bridges that eliminate the conventional requirement that they dial digits for a direct link with another specific VoIP communications device. Instead, location information relating to the initial VoIP user is passed to the VoIP conference bridge, either from the user's VoIP communication device or from their respective location server. The location information is then compared by the VoIP soft switch against other VoIP devices to find potential VoIP users within a defined geographic region surrounding the initial VoIP user. Those VoIP users matching the criteria are sent an Invite message to join the conference, which they may or may not accept. | 02-11-2010 |
20100039962 | CONFERENCE WHERE MIXING IS TIME CONTROLLED BY A RENDERING DEVICE - A telecommunications terminal hosts a conference mixer adapted to enable an at least audio conference between a first conference peer and at least two further conference peers. The conference mixer includes for each of the at least two further conference peers, a respective first data buffer configured to buffer portions of at least an audio data stream received from the respective conference peer; a first audio data stream portions mixer fed by the first data buffers and configured to: a) get audio data stream portions buffered in the first data buffers; b) mix the audio data stream portions from the first data buffers to produce a first mixed audio data portion; and c) feed the first mixed audio data portion to a rendering device of the telecommunications terminal, wherein the first audio data stream portions mixer is configured to perform operations a), b) and c) upon receipt of a notification from the rendering device indicating that the rendering device is ready to render a new mixed audio data portion. | 02-18-2010 |
20100039963 | HYBRID CONFERENCE BRIDGE - Conference bridge intended to connect a plurality of terminals involved in an audio conference. | 02-18-2010 |
20100039964 | Real-Time Multimedia Conferencing over an ATM Network using an Intelligent ATM Cable Modem and Hybrid Fiber-Coax Access - A technique for providing real-time multimedia conferencing services with guaranteed performance, in a hybrid networking environment, by interconnecting cable modem-based premises networks via hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) access networks and an ATM wide area network is disclosed. The ATM wide area network may be divided into a plurality of access network domains and one backbone network domain to provide efficient and intelligent multimedia conferencing services. Each ATM access network domain has one cable modem server as well as access multimedia bridge server. There is only one central network server and one central multimedia bridge server within the backbone network domain. Each cable modem server located in an ATM access network domain maintains necessary information of how the cable network bandwidth is used by existing calls, and will be allocated when new multimedia conference calls are initiated, in accordance with desired priority and performance levels. | 02-18-2010 |
20100046401 | SIP-Based Session Control - These exemplary embodiments utilize Sessions Initiation Protocol (SIP) for admission control. The use of the SIP allows a SIP server itself to perform the admission control function. The use of RSVP linkages is reduced. The use of SIP for admission control allows an application to communicate, or “talk,” to a network and to request that resources within the network be reserved. Any communications device that uses sessions may utilize the SIP protocol for admission control. The SIP protocol may be used for unicast and multicast media sessions including video-on-demand and/or multicast video access control. | 02-25-2010 |
20100061276 | Dedicated Call User Interface (UI) for Organizing Collaborative Exchange During A Telephony or Softphone Call - A method is provided for executing and organizing collaborative exchange during a telephone call utilizing a user interface (UI). A telephone call is placed, such that participants are connected. Audible content transmitted and received over a network for the telephone call. A user interface, representing the telephone call itself, is provided and is configured to allow collaborative exchange among participants of the telephone call. The telephone call is placed without having to set up a meeting session to facilitate collaborative exchange or without having to set up a web conference to facilitate collaborative exchange. The telephone call is placed without having to schedule in advance to allow for collaborative exchange. The user interface provides real time collaboration tools for collaboration exchange, and the collaboration tools do not have to be set up in advance. | 03-11-2010 |
20100074149 | INFORMATION TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM, INFORMATION TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION RECEIVING DEVICE - An information transmitting and receiving system having an information transmitting device including: an information reading section; an information processing section which divides the information into a plurality of information segments, and gives an identifier uniquely to each divided information segment; and an information transmitting section which repeatedly transmits a bundle of identifiers in a first period of time, and an information receiving device including: an information receiving section which receives the identifiers; an information selecting section which selects an information segment desired to read; a display section which displays the information segment desired to read; and a display control section which controls the information display section such that if the information receiving section does not receive the identifier given to the information segment desired to read within a second period of time, stops displaying the information segment. | 03-25-2010 |
20100080150 | CLEARING HOUSE FOR PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE OF STATUS DATA FROM DISTRIBUTED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A distributed contact center and method of managing data transfers between the distributed parts of the contact center is provided. Distributed parts of the contact center are joined together through a known communications initiation protocol such as SIP, then status information and/or control signals are transferred between the distributed parts using lossless communication protocols. The status information and/or control signals may be published to a large number of interested entities through the use of conference call facilities. | 04-01-2010 |
20100091687 | STATUS OF EVENTS - An event management system is configured to provide first status information corresponding to a scheduled event to at least a first person associated with an in progress event where the in progress event includes a first plurality of event endpoints that provide a first set of media streams to a first set of attendees. The event management system is also configured to provide second status information corresponding to the in progress event to at least a second person associated with the scheduled event where the scheduled event is scheduled to include a second plurality of event endpoints that provide a second set of media streams to a second set of attendees. | 04-15-2010 |
20100097959 | Apparatus and Method for Asymmetrical Conferencing Between Local and External Transceivers - These multimedia conferencing apparatus and method manage asymmetrical public and/or private conferences. A conference takes place between an external transceiver and at least a local transceiver; local transceivers may take part to a plurality of conferences simultaneously. The apparatus comprises a communication interface connected to a packet data communication network in order to send and receive multimedia signals to and from the transceivers. A conference managing means is operable to determine, for each transceiver, which of the incoming multimedia signals received from the other transceivers are accessible to said transceiver, based on a transceiver's state and on data characterising the existing conferences, said state indicating whether said transceiver is participating to a private conference or to a public conference. A signal generating means generates for each transceiver at least an outgoing multimedia signal by mixing the incoming multimedia signals of the transceivers accessible to said transceiver. | 04-22-2010 |
20100097960 | Communication apparatus, communication method for communication apparatus, and computer-readable medium storing communication control program for communication apparatus - A communication apparatus that includes a media processing device that includes at least one codec and that encodes data, a packet processing device that transmits and receives packet data, a correlation value computation device that computes a correlation value between jitter of packet data transmitted to a partner communication apparatus and jitter of packet data transmitted from the partner communication apparatus, and a session control device that, in a case where the correlation value computed by the correlation value computation device is equal to or larger than a specified value, performs one of an encoding speed conversion within a codec in use, a transmission packet length conversion, a packet transmission interval conversion, a packet transmission priority conversion, and a codec type conversion from the codec in use to another type of codec, based on QoS information of the packet data transmitted from the partner communication apparatus. | 04-22-2010 |
20100097961 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SPONTANEOUS MULTI-WAY TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH INSERTED MESSAGING - The present invention provides a method for simultaneously broadcasting a message to a plurality of end-point devices. More specifically, the present invention receives a request to initiate a teleconference from a subscriber. The plurality of end-point devices is then invited to join the teleconference. | 04-22-2010 |
20100110938 | Multipoint Multimedia/Audio Conference Using IP Trunking - A multipoint communication system uses Internet protocol trunking to facilitate communication between media control units (for sending and receiving multipoint communication signals between end-point devices), a media gateway (for translating between non-Internet protocol multipoint communication signals and Internet protocol communication signals), and a controller (for establishing and controlling a multipoint communication session between the end-point devices). In addition, a multimedia gateway (for use in a multipoint communication system) is described that incorporates an interactive voice response unit through which users of non-Internet protocol devices (connected to the multimedia gateway) interact to establish a communication session with a multipoint communication system. | 05-06-2010 |
20100135190 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A GROUP MESSAGING SESSION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and a method for establishing a group messaging session in consideration of a group policy in a communication system. A transmitter-side terminal stores information on a group policy in a group information storage unit, and transmits, to a server, an INVITE message requiring application of the group policy to generation of a group messaging session. The server receives the INVITE message, recognizes that the group policy should be applied to the generation of the group messaging session, and acquires the information on the group policy from the group information storage unit. The server transmits the INVITE message including the acquired group policy information to a receiver-side terminal that is invited to participate in the group session, and receives a response from the receiver-side terminal. | 06-03-2010 |
20100150030 | Method and apparatus for group calling in an IP-based communication system - Method and system for group calling in an IP-based communication system includes receiving an administrator identifier, receiving one or more invitee identifiers, initiating a first connection from a central location and initiating at least one or more second connections from the central location to join an administrator and at least one invitee. The administrator identifier and one or more invitee identifiers can be a telephone number or other identifiers associated with the communication system. To establish the group call, the administrator identifier and one or more invitee identifiers are received from the administrator. The first connection initiation is to the administrator and the second or more connection initiations are to the at least one invitee. System for making a group call includes a user interface adapted for use by the administrator, a database manager, a database, a load balancer and a group calling pool adapted for SIP-based group call setup. | 06-17-2010 |
20100157851 | Information System for Telecommunications - A profiling system for establishing communication between a plurality of parties ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100165887 | Trust conferencing apparatus and methods in digital communication - A conferencing application executing on a computerized appliance from a machine-readable medium, the computerized appliance coupled to one or more networks is provided, the application including functionality for responding to requests to join a conference, and for enabling requesters as participants, functionality for receiving and rendering text, voice or video data from each registered participant as text, voice or video data to be transmitted to individual ones of other participants, functionality for controlling which received text, voice or video data is transmitted to which participants, and functionality for receiving and executing instructions from a trust authority. | 07-01-2010 |
20100165888 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING A CONFERENCE CALL - The present invention is a system and method for initiating conference calls via an instant messaging system to reduce the effort required to initiate and manage the call. The system uses an IM connection between a requesting party and a conference call server to inform the conference call server of the desire to initiate the conference call. The conference call server may initiate the conference call by having involved parties called by a conference bridge, thus reducing the effort required by the parties to join the call. | 07-01-2010 |
20100172271 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus is provided for setting up a wireless conference call, wireless non-call conference, and sharing audio and/or video content. The method includes the steps of providing an audio mixer that receives an audio input from each of at least three audio interfaces, mixes, cleans, and amplifies and/or de-amplifies the audio signal from the audio inputs and provides an equalized audio output to each of the at least three audio interfaces; providing a first local wireless interface; providing a second local wireless interface; and, providing a third wireless interface, so as to permit simultaneous two-way (incoming and outgoing) communications between each participant during wireless conferencing, and so as to permit simultaneous one-way communications between an audio and/or video content source and each local participant during wireless sharing of audio and/or video content between the local participants. | 07-08-2010 |
20100177667 | Audio conferencing with integrated access point - The present invention provides a conference access point system and method allowing for audio conference sessions as well as access to local and wide area networks via an integrated access point. Advantageously, efficient and cost-effective audio conferencing and network access is provided with optional presence notification, signal processing, and security. | 07-15-2010 |
20100208625 | METHOD OF JOINING A CONFERENCE CALL - In a computer-implemented method of joining a user to a conference call event an interface associated with a time management software application is displayed. The interface displays information relating to the conference call event including a date for a conference call which is subject of the conference call event and a start time of the conference call. While displaying the interface, a menu offering one or more options is displayed; these one or more options include an option to join the conference call. When an indication of a selection of the option to join the conference call is received, information associated with the conference call is located; this information includes a telephone number for a conference call bridge. A connection with the conference call bridge using the telephone number is initiated. | 08-19-2010 |
20100208626 | Inter-Multipoint Voice Conversation Apparatus - A quality level analysis unit | 08-19-2010 |
20100226287 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PARTICIPANT VERIFICATION IN A MULTI-PARTY CALL ENVIRONMENT - According to embodiments of the present invention, there are provided a method, system and apparatus for participant verification in a multi-party call environment. A method for verifying a participant in a multi-party call environment comprises receiving an indication of the user's desire to join the multi-party call. The method further comprises determining a user identifier associated with the user. The user identifier associated with the user is then compared with at least one allowed participant identifier associated with at least one allowed participant for the multi-party call; the at least one allowed participant identifier stored in association with scheduling data for the multi-party call. Responsive to the comparing rendering a positive outcome, the communication device associated with the user is caused to join the multi-party call. | 09-09-2010 |
20100226288 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUP MEDIA CONSUMPTION - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box comprising a controller to send an invite for participation in a media conference to at least one media device, the media conference comprising a presentation of a media program supplied by an interactive television (iTV) network, receive an acceptance of the invite from at least one accepting media device of the at least one media device, connect the at least one accepting media device to a communications bridge operably coupled to the STB, wherein the communications bridge enables the STB and the at least one accepting media device to engage in one of voice, video, and synthesized speech to text communications, and present the media program with at least a portion of the communications between the STB and the at least one accepting media device during the media conference. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 09-09-2010 |
20100226289 | FLOOR CONTROL IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE CALLS - A method of enabling a user terminal to participate in floor control operations in a telecommunications conference operating a Binary Floor Control Protocol, BFCP. The method includes sending a first message from the user terminal to a gateway node. The first message includes information relating to floor control operations in the conference. The first message is inter-worked at the gateway node to generate a corresponding BFCP message. The BFCP message is forwarded to a Floor Control function. | 09-09-2010 |
20100246448 | AUTOMATIC UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES IN A REALTIME CONFERENCE - The disclosed architecture facilitates the association of resources (e.g., hardware software) with a meeting location such as a conference room or conference space. Additionally, the room and resources can be associated with a realtime conference or meeting at the meeting location. Still further, the resources can be automatically joined to the meeting being held in the room, for both the organizer of the meeting and the remote participants of the meeting. The resources are network addressable and register to a communications infrastructure for online availability. The architecture automatically joins the conference room resources to any conference or call that is being held in the locale (e.g., room) of the conference, and which the user has joined using a realtime conferencing application. The resources distributed across multiple meeting locations can be utilized for a single session, as well. | 09-30-2010 |
20100260074 | ENHANCED COMMUNICATION BRIDGE - An enhanced communication bridge includes a context interface that enables the audio bridge to learn information about the type of Voice encoder, device, network connection, location, type of call (business vs. personal), identity and position of the individual, and other information about the context of the communication session itself as well as the context of each person joining the communication session. This context information is used to determine how quality of experience targets for the communication as a whole, as well as how each individual contribution should be uniquely processed to attempt to meet the quality of experience targets. Business factors may influence the decision as to the type of processing to be implemented on each of the signals provided by the participants. Corrective action may also be implemented by the bridge on the client network devices as well in the embodiment. The bridge may be centralized or distributed. A video bridge may be implemented as well. | 10-14-2010 |
20100284310 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUDIO HIGHLIGHTING OF CONFERENCE PARTICIPANT PLAYOUT - In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a first packet associated with a conference that has a first participant associated therewith. The first participant is identified as a principal participant. The method also includes determining if the first packet is associated with the first participant, and providing an audible indication that the first packet is associated with the first participant if it is determined that the first packet is associated with the first participant. | 11-11-2010 |
20100284311 | Optimizing Conferencing Performance - Optimized conferencing performance may be provided. First, a plurality of data streams respectively received from a plurality of conferencing users may be monitored. Then, for each of the plurality of conferencing users, a plurality of talk frequency conditions respectively corresponding to the plurality of conferencing users may be determined based upon the monitored plurality of data streams. The plurality of talk frequency conditions may comprise, for example, active-talker, infrequent talker, or listener-only. Next, a plurality of data packet size values respectively corresponding to the plurality of conferencing users may be determined based upon the determined plurality of talk frequency conditions. The plurality of data streams may then be mixed to create data. Next, the data may be transmitted to each of the plurality of conferencing users respectively using the determined plurality of data packet size values respectively corresponding to the plurality of conferencing users. | 11-11-2010 |
20100296417 | GRID-BASED CONTACT CENTER - A grid-based contact center and method of managing tasks within such a contact center is provided. Nodes within the contact center are adapted to perform multiple tasks associated with the contact center, including the management of task assignment within the contact center. Accordingly, a truly distributed contact center is provided whereby the building blocks of the contact center include the use of nodes with a conference call SRTP based Operations, Administration, and Management system. | 11-25-2010 |
20100322111 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REALIZING INTERACTION BETWEEN VIDEO INPUT AND VIRTUAL NETWORK SCENE - Method and system for realizing an interaction between a video input and a virtual network scene. The method includes receiving input video data for a first user at a first terminal, sending information associated with the input video data through a network to at least a second terminal, processing information associated with the input video data, and displaying a video on or embedded with a virtual network scene at least the first terminal and the second terminal. The process for displaying includes generating the video based on at least information associated with the input video data. | 12-23-2010 |
20100322112 | System and Method of Multi-End-Point Data-Conferencing - A multi end-point (EP) conferencing system, including a decentralized scalable network of End-Points that includes a source EP being configured to connect to a non-virtual target EP. The source EP being configured to transmit to the non-virtual target EP a conference list thereof, for distributing to non-virtual EPs and virtual EPs associated with the target EP. It is further configured to receive a conference list of the non-virtual target EP, integrate the received conference list with its conference list to obtain an integrated conference list and distribute the integrated conference list or parts thereof to virtual EPs and non-virtual EPs associated with the source EP. The source EP being further configured to receive a positive selection notification being indicative of a requesting EP from EPs associated with the source EP that would like to get data from the source EP. In response to receipt of the positive selection notification, the source EP being configured to transmit data for receiving by the requesting EP. | 12-23-2010 |
20110019593 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING BETWEEN AN AD-HOC CONFERENCE MODE AND AN INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTED CONFERENCE MODE - Devices that are enabled to communicate with each other via an ad hoc conference mode and an infrastructure supported conference mode, are provided with processing capabilities that can allow them to evaluate one or more resources required to support an ad hoc conference communication session and/or one or more quality metrics associated with the ad hoc conference communication session, and determine whether one or more resources or metrics are outside optimal operating parameters. If so, the processing logic can initiate a transition from the ad hoc conference communication session to an infrastructure supported conference communication session hosted at a conference server. This way, the devices can drop the ad hoc conference communication session when one or more of the resources or metrics are outside optimal operating parameters, so that one of the devices does not need to mix communication information streams (CISs) from the devices, generate a plurality of conferenced communication information streams (CCISs), and transmit a unique one of the conferenced communication information streams (CCISs) to the other devices. | 01-27-2011 |
20110026441 | DYNAMICALLY DEDICATED WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SERVICE FOR HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO TELECONFERENCING - In an example embodiment described herein is an apparatus comprising a wireless transceiver and channel selection logic coupled to the wireless transceiver and operable to select an operating frequency for the wireless transceiver. The channel selection logic is configured to reserve a dedicated channel having a special identifier. The channel selection logic is configured to have the wireless transceiver advertise the dedicated service on a normal operating frequency. The channel selection logic is responsive to receiving a request from a wireless device via the wireless transceiver on the normal operating frequency to use the dedicated channel to switch to the dedicated channel and establish communications with the wireless device on the dedicated channel. | 02-03-2011 |
20110032845 | Multimodal Teleconferencing - Multimodal teleconferencing including receiving, by a multimodal teleconferencing module, a speech utterance from one of a plurality of participants in the multimodal teleconference; identifying the participant making the speech utterance as a current speaker; retrieving, by the multimodal teleconferencing module from accounts for the current speaker, content for display to the current speaker; retrieving, by the multimodal teleconferencing module from accounts for the current speaker, content for display to one or more other participants in the multimodal teleconference; providing, by the multimodal teleconferencing module to a multimodal teleconferencing client for display to the current speaker, an identification of the speaker and the content retrieved for the speaker; and providing, by the multimodal teleconferencing module to one or more of multimodal teleconferencing clients for display to the other participants, an identification of the current speaker with the content retrieved for the one or more other participants in the multimodal teleconference. | 02-10-2011 |
20110038281 | DISTRIBUTED MEDIA MIXING AND CONFERENCING IN IP NETWORKS - Systems and methods are provided for a distributed conferencing service through an internet protocol (IP) network. A plurality of tributary mixers are configured communicate with a master mixer or a plurality of master mixers, at least one of which communicates through the IP network. Each tributary mixer is configured to join one or more respective participants to the distributed conference, generate a first mixed media stream by mixing a plurality of ingress media streams from the respective participants, and receive a second mixed media stream from the master mixer. The second mixed media stream includes media from at least one other participant joined to the distributed conference through another of the tributary mixers. Each tributary mixer also provides egress media streams to its respective participants based on a control signal from the master mixer. | 02-17-2011 |
20110044212 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONFERENCE SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In a terminal apparatus used by a speaker, sounds are inputted via a microphone to perform sound recognition processing and morphological analysis, a character string obtained as a result of the analysis is extracted using a predetermined condition, and the extracted character string is transmitted to other terminal apparatuses via a conference server apparatus. On each of the other terminal apparatuses, the extracted character string, which has been received, is displayed in a selectable manner. The selected character string is displayed in a superimposed manner on an image of shared document data. The character string converted from sounds uttered by the speaker at a conference is freely placed on the shared image, thereby effectively aiding a conference participant to make a note at the conference. | 02-24-2011 |
20110069642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING RESOURCES FOR LARGE-SCALE MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCES - In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for dynamically allocating resources for large-scale multimedia conferences. In one embodiment, a method for allocating resources to a multimedia conference includes receiving a request from a potential participant to join the multimedia conference and dynamically assigning the request to one of a plurality of media servers serving the multimedia conference. | 03-24-2011 |
20110090822 | MEDIA CONFERENCE RECORDING BASED ON TERMINATION EVENTS - A media conference device is provided. The media conference device includes a processor and a memory coupled with the processor. The memory stores instructions that are executable by the processor. The instructions are executable to detect a termination event and transmit a termination event message that indicates that the termination event was detected and requests that a media conference be recorded. | 04-21-2011 |
20110096699 | MEDIA PIPELINE FOR A CONFERENCING SESSION - In at least some embodiments, a computer system includes a processor and a network interface coupled to the processor. The computer system also includes a system memory coupled to the processor. The system memory stores a communication application having a media pipeline module. The media pipeline module, when executed, provides a media pipeline for a conferencing session of the communication application. The media pipeline module enables dynamic changes to participants during a conferencing session without restarting the media pipeline. | 04-28-2011 |
20110110275 | COLLABORATIVE SESSION CONTROL TRANSFER AND INTER-DEVICE TRANSFER IN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to request collaborative session control transfer for transferring control of an Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) collaborative session from a controller WTRU to another WTRU, such as a controllee WTRU. The collaborative session control transfer request is sent to an IMS Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server (SCC AS). Methods and apparatus are also disclosed for a WTRU to request inter device transfer (IDT) for transferring an IMS collaborative session media session flow from one WTRU to another WTRU. | 05-12-2011 |
20110110276 | CENTRALIZED CALL PROCESSING - Disclosed are systems and methods which provide a centralized architecture for call processing. Embodiments utilize voice over Internet protocols (VoIP) to carry calls from a location at which calling services are provided to a centralized call processing platform providing call processing functionality, such as calling party identification, call validation, call routing, and connection to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Call processing gateways may be utilized to provide plain old telephone service (POTS) analog line interfaces for use with a plurality of telephone sets disposed for use at a location and at least one wide area network (WAN) interface for providing high speed data communication to a centralized call processing platform. PSTN interfacing by a call processing platform may be provided as a VoIP connection to the PSTN and/or as POTS trunking Call processing platforms may provide for data sharing, aggregation, and/or analysis across multiple facilities served. | 05-12-2011 |
20110134807 | Method for joining SIP communication devices into an existing call - Example embodiments provide a method and/or network element capable of joining SIP communication devices into an existing call. According to an example embodiment, a network element may join SIP communication devices by receiving an incoming call from a calling communication device and establishing a connection between the calling communication device and at least one associated communication device in a set of associated communication devices. The set of associated communication devices may be notified of the connection and a conference procedure may be performed in response to an unconnected communication device being activated, such that a multi-way conference connection is established between the calling communication device, the at least one associated communication device, and the at least one unconnected communication device. | 06-09-2011 |
20110149809 | Web-Enabled Conferencing and Meeting Implementations with Flexible User Calling and Content Sharing Features - A plurality of embodiments is presented in relation to conferencing solutions. Consistent with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method is implemented by a computer processing arrangement. The method provides conferencing services between participants. A web-accessible virtual meeting interface is provided. Meeting scheduling data is received from the virtual meeting interface. The meeting scheduling data includes participant identifying information and meeting time information. At least one telephone call is initiated. The telephone call is responsive to the meeting time information and the participant identifying information and for the at least one participant identified by the identifying information. In response to the at least one participant answering the telephone call, audio from the telephone call is merged with audio from other participants. The merged audio is provided to the at least one participant and the other participants. | 06-23-2011 |
20110158131 | MEETING INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A meeting information distribution system and method using a mobile communication base estimates a threshold value of a signal strength of a wireless signal receivable by a meeting room, and monitors user information of a terminal device by a server connected to the mobile communication base station. Attendee information is obtained from a database connected to the mobile communication base station, and is determined whether the user of the terminal device is an attendee by comparing the user information and the attendee information. Meeting information is obtained from the database if the user is an attendee, and is distributed to the terminal device through a wireless broadcast service channel. | 06-30-2011 |
20110158132 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CALL SCREENING IN A PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORK - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for determining whether a call in a packet-switched network to a first destination is to be forwarded, forwarding the call to a second destination based on a determination that the call is to be forwarded, notifying the first destination that the call has been forwarded, receiving a request from the first destination to screen the call, and enabling the first destination to screen the call. | 06-30-2011 |
20110158133 | MULTIPLEXING VOIP STREAMS FOR CONFERENCING AND SELECTIVE PLAYBACK OF AUDIO STREAMS - The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems that provide the ability to playback multiple VoIP audio streams simultaneously with a single RTP session and further provides the ability to conference all streams together prior to transmission. More specifically, the present invention focuses on the transport layer and sample-based multiplexing employed to provide this capability. | 06-30-2011 |
20110182212 | System and process for mass telephony conference call - An automated teleconferencing control system and method reduces conference call setup time by simultaneously out dialing to multiple conferees through a plurality of parallel telecommunications resources. The teleconferencing control system includes the feature of automatically gathering statistics of each connection attempt, as well as many other call aspects, using these statistics to automatically improve the efficiency of subsequent conference call initiations. Gathered statistics are also used to automatically configure the system to cause all of the conferees to be connected to a conference call at substantially the same time. The selection of which telecommunications resources are used for contacting each target conferee is made based on criteria that include the telephone number or Internet address of the target conferee's telephone. | 07-28-2011 |
20110194464 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Personal Mobility Features in a Telecommunications Environment - Personal mobility, multiparty control, and device augmentation features are provided within a voice-over-Internet protocol environment, such as a distributed feature composition (DFC) telecommunications architecture. The personal mobility features allow a caller to be identified to a callee using a desired identifier in place of an identifier of the device from which a call is made. Such personal mobility features are made available in multiparty calling environments and after mid-call moves. Device augmentation features provide enhanced calling options to a device that may otherwise be unequipped to provide such options, thus enabling personal mobility and multiparty control features across a wide variety of telecommunications devices. | 08-11-2011 |
20110194465 | System and process for mass telephony conference call - A method of providing conference call connections includes initiating a conference call between multiple conferees using a conferencing controller, placing each of the multiple conferees in a half-duplex listen only mode using the conferencing controller, and receiving a signal at the conferencing controller from at least one of the multiple conferees to actively participate in the conference call. Active participation can be in the form of asking questions, giving comments, or providing a keypress to vote or provide other information. The conference call can also be broadcast to increase participants. Also, after the conference call is initiated, additional potential conferees can be added. | 08-11-2011 |
20110211495 | DUPLICATING DIGITAL STREAMS FOR DIGITAL CONFERENCING USING SWITCHING TECHNOLOGIES - Using switching technologies to duplicate packets of a digital stream (e.g., digital video stream) sent from one workstation to multiple recipient workstations, where the switching technologies enable the multiple streams sent from the switch to the recipient workstations to be generated from a single digital stream sent from the sending workstation to the switch. Data units, such as video data units, may be transmitted by using a switch to enable receipt of a stream of data units including a payload portion and an attribute portion from at least two conferencing participants. The switch is used to duplicate at least a subportion of the payload portion of a data unit within the stream of data units, and to enable access to the duplicated subportion of the data unit by two or more conferencing participants. | 09-01-2011 |
20110216674 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING TRANSFERRING OF CONFERENCE CALLS USING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Systems and methods for facilitating transferring of a conference call. In some embodiments, users of a secure mobile device may be provided with the ability to transfer a media session for use in a conference call to a non-secure communication device. The method may include displaying a user interface on the primary communication device, the user interface including a transfer option, receiving a command selecting the transfer option, sending a transfer request from the primary communication device to the conference call controller to link an alternate communication device within the conference call session, and determining whether the transfer request requires authentication, and if so performing authentication of the transfer request. | 09-08-2011 |
20110255446 | SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL EXTENSIONS FOR CALL CONTROL AND RESOURCE STATUS MONITORING IN TURRETS AND TURRET SWITCHING SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for controlling calls and monitoring resource status for turret systems. A SIP message including at least one of a header field and an event package is received from a SIP user agent over a communication network. The header field includes a first parameter corresponding to a first call feature and the event package includes a second parameter corresponding to a second call feature. At least one of the first call feature and the second call feature is implemented by the softswitch or a SIP-enabled turret in response to the receiving. | 10-20-2011 |
20110267987 | Versatile Conference Adapter and Method Employing Same - A conference adapter. In an illustrative embodiment, the conference adapter implements a method for interfacing one or more conference endpoints with one or more conference servers. The method includes registering an endpoint and a conference server to determine endpoint registration information associated with the endpoint and to determine conference-server registration information associated with the conference server. Next, the method includes receiving a connection from the endpoint and a connection from the conference server. Subsequently, the conference adapter establishes communications between the endpoint and the conference server as initiated by the endpoint and based on the endpoint registration information and the conference-server registration information. In a more specific embodiment, the method further includes receiving plural connections from conference servers of disparate types, and then selectively switching communications between the endpoint and a first conference server to communications between the endpoint and a second conference server. The method further includes selectively switching endpoints for a given conference session. | 11-03-2011 |
20110267988 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PACKET-BASED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS - The performance of a voice conference using a packet-based conference bridge can be improved with a number of modifications. In one modification, the conference bridge receives speech indication signals from the individual packet-based terminals within the voice conference, these speech indication signals then being used by the conference bridge to select the talkers within the voice conference. This removes the need for speech detection techniques within the conference bridge, hence decreasing the required processing power and the latency within the conference bridge. In another modification, the conference bridge sends addressing control signals to the individual packet-based terminals selected as talkers, these addressing control signals directing the terminals selected as talkers to directly transmit their voice data packets to the other terminals within the voice conference. This direct transmission of voice data packets can reduce transcoding and latency within the network. These two modifications could further be combined, resulting in a conference bridge that receives speech indication signals, selects the talkers for the voice conference and outputs addressing control signal to the talkers. In this case, the advantages of the two modifications are gained as well as additional capacity advantages resulting from no voice signals actually traversing the conference bridge. | 11-03-2011 |
20110286365 | Method for Connection Preservation - A method is provided for the preservation of communication sessions that are terminated unexpectedly. The present invention detects when an ongoing communication session is (or is about to be) terminated unexpectedly by a first communication session participant. And also, the present invention takes steps to preserve the disintegration of the communication session with respect to a second communication session participant. | 11-24-2011 |
20110286366 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC BRIDGE LINKING - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to systems and methods for implementing telecommunications. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide methods for interconnecting real-time communication links. Such methods include receiving the status of at least two communication links. The communication links may be established between endpoints and bridges in a network. One of the bridges associated with one of the communication links is selected to operate as a host bridge based at least in part on the status of the communication links. Then, after receiving the status from at least two of the communication links, the selected host bridge is automatically caused to initiate another communication link with at least another bridge associated with one of the aforementioned communication links. | 11-24-2011 |
20110292841 | Preserving Mid-Call State in IMS Centralized Services Sessions - Techniques for managing multiple ICS sessions in an IMS network are described. In one method, a MSC server detects that a user terminal has been transferred from a first access network to a second access network and, in response, sends a message to an SCC AS, the message indicating transfer of the user terminal. The MSC server receives, in response, one or more requests for MSC server-assisted mid-call feature services for the user terminal, and assigns transaction identifiers to one or more sessions held for the user terminal or to one or more conference participants corresponding to the user terminal. Corresponding techniques carried out at an SCC AS are also described. | 12-01-2011 |
20110317592 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING OPERATOR INFORMATION - Apparatus and methods for managing operation information include determining a home network for a wireless device and receiving a call with a number identifying a calling party and a network identification identifying the network for the calling party. The apparatus and methods also include determining whether the received network identification corresponds to the home network for the wireless device. In addition, the apparatus and methods include displaying a notification based upon the determination; and accepting and/or rejecting the call based upon the notification. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317593 | Conferencing that Bridges Virtual World and Real-World Meeting Places - Mechanisms are provided for conference call communication in a virtual world environment. The mechanisms establish a hybrid conference call by establishing a hybrid conference call communication connection between a data based communication conference call server, that handles data based communications with client computing devices, and a telephone conference call server, that handles telephone protocol communications with telephone devices external to the virtual world environment. Communications between client computing devices and telephone devices are converted from data based communications to telephone protocol communications and vice versa using a data based communication conference call server and a telephone conference call server. | 12-29-2011 |
20120033586 | Method of Transmitting Data in a Communication System - A method, terminal and program, the method comprising: at a second terminal, receiving a first signal transmitted from a first terminal via a communication network; transmitting a second signal from the second terminal to the first terminal; outputting the first signal from an output device associated with the second terminal; determining a balance between a characteristic of the first signal and a characteristic of the second signal, wherein the characteristics affect a processing resource required to process the first and second signals, the determined balance comprising a decision concerning the characteristic of the first signal; and sending the decision to the first terminal so as to advise the first terminal to adjust the characteristic of the first signal as transmitted from the first terminal. | 02-09-2012 |
20120039219 | HIGHLY SCALABLE VOICE CONFERENCING SERVICE - A high volume voice conferencing system serving a plurality of users. The system determines whether incoming packets from the plurality of users contains voice information or noise. Packets containing noise are dropped from the system and only voice packets are processed as part of the voice conferencing arrangement. | 02-16-2012 |
20120044838 | SESSION TRANSFER METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a session transfer method, a device and a system, which relate to the communication field and are used to solve the problem that a conference to which a session belongs cannot be controlled after the session is transferred. The technical solution provided in the present invention includes: determining whether a User Equipment (UE) has at least one session belonging to a conference during a process that a session of the UE is transferred from a source network to a target network and sending information relevant to the conference to the UE or a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) server if the UE has at least one session belonging to the conference ( | 02-23-2012 |
20120076054 | TRANSCODERS AND MIXERS FOR VOICE-OVER-IP CONFERENCING - Transcoders and mixers having reduced algorithmic delay and processing complexity. An improved mixer for signals having encoded speech parameters wherein the parameters obtained through decoding are used by a parameter estimator to improve the encoding by providing a parameter estimate for the mixed signal. In the case of pitch parameters, the mixer uses the principle of strong-pitch-domination. The mixing of wideband signals is simplified by performing mixing of individual lower and upper sub-bands. A transcoder and a mixer that converts a wideband signal into a narrowband signal relies upon high frequency suppression. A transcoder and a mixer that converts a narrowband signal into a wideband signal relies upon filter combination. | 03-29-2012 |
20120082066 | GLOBAL CONFERENCE ROSTER FOR DISTRIBUTED BRIDGES - When a conference bridge establishes a link line with another conference bridge to provide a global conference, a global conference application executing at the conference bridge establishes a SIP dialout with one or more remote conference bridges. The global conference application uses the XCON standard and/or the CCMP draft standard to subscribe for event notifications for that conference from the remote conference bridge. The received event notifications can be made available for use by the source conference bridge when constructing the roster information for applications executing at the source conference bridge. The received event notifications can be displayed and provide the proper diagram for the distributed conference complete with media, mode, and other information displayed. Further, the system allows the use of intelligent endpoint user interfaces to control mute, lecture mode, sidebars, breaking the bridge into sub-groups, and the like during the conference. | 04-05-2012 |
20120099488 | System and Method for Providing Internet Based Phone Conferences Using Multiple Codecs - A method of communicating digitized speech from a transmitting forum participant comprises the step of receiving a data structure that includes said digitized speech. The data structure is analyzed to determine whether the digitized speech is redundantly represented in a plurality of forms in the data structure. A portion of the data structure is forwarded to a receiving forum participant, thereby communicating the digitized speech from the transmitting forum participant. In this method, when the digitized speech is redundantly represented in the data structure in a plurality of forms, the forwarding step includes a step of selecting one or more forms, based on a function, from the plurality of forms in the data structure. Furthermore, the portion of the data structure that is forwarded to the receiving forum participant includes data in the data structure that corresponds to each of the selected one or more forms. | 04-26-2012 |
20120134301 | WIDE AREA VOICE ENVIRONMENT MULTI-CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method is described for establishing a homogenized communications infrastructure that enables a variety of disparate communication devices to communicate transparently with each other over a computer data network. The system and method allow for such communications to take place by converting all communications from all participants in the form of audio, video, textual, and binary data messages into discrete data units that are carried over a computer data network. These communications are propagated to other participants by relay to their particular devices in such a way that individual participants are insulated from the type and implementation of all other participants' devices. | 05-31-2012 |
20120147787 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN AUDIO CONFERENCE - A method and system for providing an audio conference includes receiving audio from a moderator via a circuit-switched telephone network, transmitting a representation of the audio to a first listener group via the circuit-switched telephone network, and transmitting a representation of the audio to a second listener group via a packet-switched network. The audio conference is preferably transmitted to the first listener group and the second listener group in real-time or near real-time (e.g., within a few seconds). Although the method and system could be used with any suitable circuit-switched telephone network, the method and system are preferably used with a public switched telephone network. Further, although the method and system could be used with any suitable packet-switched network, the method and system are preferably used with the Internet. | 06-14-2012 |
20120163241 | SEAMLESSLY CONFERENCING A PREVIOUSLY-CONNECTED TELEPHONE CALL - An already-connected telephone call is conferenced in a seamless manner that is transparent to the call participants, after which one or more additional participants may join the conference. The existing call is preferably moved to a conference bridge responsive to an existing call participant either logging on to a network-accessible user interface (such as a web page or portal-type page) or entering some special key or key combination using the participant's phone (which may be a software application that provides phone-like services). The participant requesting the move may be authenticated, and the authorization of the participant to request the move may be verified, before moving the call. | 06-28-2012 |
20120170491 | TECHNIQUE FOR PROVIDING AN ASYMMETRIC MULTIPOINT CALL BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF NETWORK NODES - A technique for providing an asymmetric multipoint call between a plurality of network nodes ( | 07-05-2012 |
20120176942 | PROVISIONING/CONFIGURATION SYSTEMS FOR BRIDGING VPN FOR IP AUDIO CONFERENCING - Internet Protocol (IP) audio conferencing bridging provisioning/configuration systems receive a service order request associated with a customer, where the service order request requests enrollment of the customer in a Virtual Private Network (VPN) bridging network service for IP Audio Conferencing. The provisioning/configuration systems orchestrate, based on the service order request, configuration of multiple network nodes in a network that provides the VPN bridging network service for IP Audio Conferencing to the customer to enable IP audio conferencing calls to be made from the customer via the network. | 07-12-2012 |
20120188914 | DECOUPLED CASCADED MIXERS ARCHITECHTURE AND RELATED METHODS - Methods for inter-mixer communication enable a “self-formed” cascaded mixer node tree topology. One method enables inter-mixer node signaling and includes first selecting a plurality of media flow payloads at a first cascaded mixer node. A set of conference payloads are generated and each include the media flow payloads from the plurality of media flow payloads that are part of the same conference call, an identifier for the conference call, and a node identifier for each media flow in the conference call. For each media flow in the conference call, each conference payload further identifies whether the first cascaded mixer node is a root node or a leaf node. The set of conference payloads are bundled into a single packet and sent to a second cascaded mixer node. Another method enables the “self-forming” of the mixer node tree topology. Yet another method enables active talker identification within the “self-formed” tree topology. | 07-26-2012 |
20120224513 | System and Method for Making Simultaneous Outbound Calls Using DTMF Tones - The present invention enables the user of a VOIP device to place simultaneous calls to multiple users and invite them to a conference using a pre-defined code. In a preferred embodiment, the user can customize a dynamic two digit code and associate a list of phone numbers with it. | 09-06-2012 |
20120230226 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VOICE CONTROL FOR ACCESSING TELECONFERENCE SERVICES - A method and apparatus for providing access to teleconference services using voice recognition technology to receive information on packet networks such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Service over Internet Protocol (SoIP) networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, the service provider enables a caller to enter access information for accessing a conference service using at least one natural language response. | 09-13-2012 |
20120287826 | Enhanced E911 Network Access for Call Centers - An emergency call (e.g., a 911 call, an alarm company call) forwarded by a telematics call center is routed over the switched PSTN to a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call server, where the switched call is converted to a session initiating protocol (SIP) packetized IP call for presentation to an emergency services gateway, which reconverts the call to TDM and connects to a selective router via dedicated circuits, gaining full access to the Enhanced 911 network. This provides a PSAP receiving a call from a telematics call center or other call center with all features available in an Enhanced 911 network, e.g., callback number of the 911 caller, and location of the 911 caller. Location of the caller is provided using a VoIP positioning center (VPC). | 11-15-2012 |
20120294197 | System for Collaborative Content Creation on the Telecom Web - A system and method that enables the collaborative creation and editing of content on a VoiceSite over a telephone. The system and method enables the collaborative creation and editing of content on the VoiceSite by allowing one or multiple users (authors) to generate and edit the content of the VoiceSite at the same or different times. A Collaboration Manager is utilized to manage calls to/from one or more users. A VoiGen component utilizes voice-activated prompts to allow the one or more users to perform at least one of specify user preferences, load templates, store user preferences and service options, parse through obtained data, and generate/edit the VoiceSite based on the inputs provided by the one or multiple users. A Session Manager stores user specific information and ensures that the content provided by multiple users, including edits/changes, is integrated without conflicts. | 11-22-2012 |
20120307688 | AUDIO CONFERENCE SYSTEM - Taught herein are a hub and an audio conference system. The system comprises a plurality of operator interface devices, each operator interface device being connected to an internet protocol (IP) network, and an audio mixing and routing hub. The hub is connected to each operator interface device through a duplex internet protocol audio channel over the IP network. In use, the hub is configured to receive at least a first primary audio stream from at least one of the operator interface devices, mix the primary audio streams to produce a first mixed audio stream, and transmit the first mixed audio stream to at least one of the operator interface devices. | 12-06-2012 |
20130021950 | Selective Teleconference Interruption - A system and method for controlling a peer-to-peer, unmoderated conference call, which allows a non-talking conferee to send an in-band interrupt request signal which is detected by the conference bridge, which automatically determines which conferee is currently talking, and continuously sends an alert signal to the talking conferee, but prevents transmission of alert signal and interrupt request signal to all other, non-speaking conferees. When the talking conferee quits talking, or acknowledges the interrupt request, or a timeout occurs, alert signal is discontinued, and the request conferee (or another conferee) may speak. Optionally, after a timeout occurs, the voice of the currently speaking conferee is removed from the conference summation, effectively muting the non-yielding conferee. | 01-24-2013 |
20130044647 | BANDWIDTH EXTENSION IN A MULTIPOINT CONFERENCE UNIT - A multipoint conference unit includes input/output ports to communicate with at least three client terminals via at least three communication channels with each communication channel communicating with one of the at least three client terminals, a memory to store data streams communicated between multipoint conference unit and the client terminals, and a processor to mix data streams received from the client terminals and to store the mixed data streams in the memory. The processor also determines a number of each of three different types of communication channels and selectively implements bandwidth extension to the communication channels based on the determination. | 02-21-2013 |
20130064142 | Method and Systems For Connection Into Conference Calls - Methods and systems for auto-connection into conference calls are disclosed. An attendee receives a meeting request at a computing device. At the proposed date and time of the meeting, the conference call dial-in number is automatically dialed and a first call is established. The conference call meeting identification number is transmitted over the first call. A second call to a second device is initiated. Upon establishing the second call, the first and second calls are linked/conferenced. | 03-14-2013 |
20130077537 | Universal Connection Station - An intelligent connection station has at least one wireless transceiver operating in a wireless protocol, at least one speaker and one microphone, a connection to a wide area network, and software executing on the connection station from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function seeking compatible communication appliances within range of the wireless transceiver operating in the wireless protocol, and a second function enabling wireless pairing, providing a wireless link between the intelligent connection station and any communication appliance discovered within range and activated to pair. The pairing enables digital communication between the paired device and a remote communication appliance over the wireless link, through the intelligent connection station and the wide area network. | 03-28-2013 |
20130077538 | CONFERENCE MIXING USING TURBO-VAD - A conference mixer includes a unit configured to receive a plurality of input streams, a spectral voice activity detection (VAD) unit configured to, for each of the input streams, generate and output a spectral VAD decision indicating whether a frame including data packets is voice, a turbo VAD unit configured to generate and output a turbo VAD decision that indicates for a frame including data packets which input stream is active, the turbo VAD decision being based on the spectral VAD decisions and a power-based decision indicating whether an estimated instantaneous power level of a frame including data packets is greater than a power threshold, and a finite state machine (FSM) unit configured to select which of the input streams to output as an active stream based on a plurality of the turbo VAD decisions, the turbo VAD decision being based in part on feedback provided by the FSM. | 03-28-2013 |
20130089007 | Method for Interacting with a Group of Individuals as a Single Contact - A method for establishing a group of individuals as a single contact entity eligible for contact services within a contact center includes the steps (a) identifying a group and each group member according to existing group rules and member profiles; (b) identifying and quantifying the unifying aspects of the members in the group; (c) aggregating the contact information for each group member relative to communications channels common to the group members and to the contact center; and (d) establishing one or more temporary and or permanent group channels between the contact center and the group members. | 04-11-2013 |
20130094407 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALL POLICY ENFORCEMENT AND ROUTING BASED ON USER LOCATION - Call policy enforcement and routing is based on user location. A plurality of endpoints is provided for receiving and making calls. Each of the plurality of endpoints are assigned a default policy for controlling call authorization and providing call routing rules. A mapping of policies for a plurality of locations is stored. A location of a client associated with one of the plurality of endpoints is identified. A location-based policy is obtained from the stored mapping of policies of the plurality of locations based on the identified location of the client. The obtained location-based policy is applied instead of the default policy assigned to the client associated with one of the plurality of endpoints. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094408 | Seamless interworking of call control between autonomous systems - The present disclosure relates to communications, and more particularly, to a seamless interworking of call control between autonomous systems. In an illustrative embodiment, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device can be connected to multiple autonomous networks, for example, a private network through a Private Branch Exchange and a public network through a Public Switched Telephone Network. The user device can have multiple network interfaces. Alternatively, there can be one network interface to access the autonomous networks. These networks each can provide unique collaboration services. Collaboration services can include, but are not limited to, associations, roles, availability and features. The electronic device can setup connections and initialize a call through both networks. Through the device, each of the networks can add or delete participants to the call under the direction of the user. The networks can also provide the user device with suitable feature keys. | 04-18-2013 |
20130136036 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING QUALITY OF SERVICE SETTINGS FOR GROUP COMMUNICATIONS - A centralized quality of service (QoS) entity having a processing device performs a method for managing QoS settings for group communications. The method includes: determining a plurality of active participants of a group communication session; and determining, for each active participant, an individual QoS setting, including a first individual QoS setting for a first active participant. The method further includes modifying the first individual QoS setting based on the individual QoS setting for at least one other active participant, wherein the modified first individual QoS setting is applied to a session leg used by the first active participant during the group communication session. The active participants of the group communication session can be on the same or heterogeneous wireless networks. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136037 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GROUP CALLS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Methods and systems are disclosed for forcing at least some members of a communication group to join a new group call when they are participating in an another group call to a different communication group. A wireless communication device that seeks to initiate the new group call transmits a request-to-transmit (RTT) on a reverse channel to initiate the new group call. This way, at least some of group members participating in the other group call can be allowed to join the new group call. The recipients of the RTT can then switch from a primary channel on which the other group call is taking place to an alternative channel to join the new group call. In one implemenation, the disclosed embodiments can be applied to a two-way wireless communication system that employs a TDMA channel access scheme. | 05-30-2013 |
20130142086 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION - A method, system and program for transmitting a data stream in a network of interconnectable end-user nodes comprising a source node, a plurality of recipient nodes and a plurality of further nodes, wherein each end-user node executes a communication client application. The method comprises: the source receiving a command to transmit the data stream to the plurality of recipients; selecting from the plurality of further nodes at least one relaying node to relay the data stream between the source node and the plurality of recipients; the source establishing a connection to the at least one relaying node; the at least one relaying node establishing a connection to each of the plurality of recipients; transmitting the data stream from the source to the at least one relaying node; and transmitting the data stream from the at least one relaying node to the plurality of recipients. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142087 | Method and Apparatus for Overlaying Whispered Audio onto a Telephone Call - Information may be provided to a telephony customer from an overlay service by causing a second stream of audio information to be overlayed on a primary stream of audio information. The overlayed information may be whispered to the user by causing the overlayed information to be compressed into a limited frequency spectrum which is inserted into a manufactured gap in the primary audio stream. This allows the user to continue to hear the main audio stream while also hearing the overlayed information. The overlay service may provide administrative information, advertisements, music, and/or Internet search results via the overlayed audio. Users may issue commands to the overlay service, to have particular information transmitted via overlayed audio. Where the user is also associated with a telephony application running on a computer platform, the overlayed information may be incorporated onto the information being shown to the user on a computer display. | 06-06-2013 |
20130163480 | VOICE CONFERENCE CALL USING PSTN AND INTERNET NETWORKS - A system and method for supporting a multi-participant voice conference call using PSTN and Internet networks is described. The method for supporting a multi-participant voice conference call includes receiving voice from a PSTN client. The method also includes receiving voice data from a moderator and from at least one remote client connected to the Internet. The method then proceeds to mix the voice data from the PSTN client with the voice data from the moderator into a first mixed voice data that is transmitted to the remote client that is connected to the Internet. The method also mixes the voice data from the moderator with the voice data from the remote client connected to the Internet into a second mixed voice data that is transmitted to the PSTN client. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163481 | CENTRAL CONFERENCING ROUTING SERVER - Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for a conferencing routing service for managing and routing collaboration participants. | 06-27-2013 |
20130176910 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE CONFERENCE CALLS - Methods and apparatus to manage conference calls are described. An example method includes classifying participants of the conference call in a hierarchy according to respective priority values; detecting an attempt of a participants to speak at a same time; detecting which one of the participants has a lower priority ranking; blocking an audio signal of the one of the participants having the lower priority ranking; placing an identifier associated with the blocked one of the participants in a queue; organizing the queue according to a behavior-based policy by comparing an utterance of a current speaker to a keyword associated with the conference call to determine a relevancy of the utterance; and increasing a point total associated with the current speaker in response to determining that the utterance is substantially relevant, and decreasing the point total associated with the current speaker in response to determining that the utterance is substantially irrelevant. | 07-11-2013 |
20130250816 | System and Method for Communications in a Multi-Platform Environment - A radio networking system includes at least a first communication port operable to facilitate communication between the radio networking system and a first communication platform. The system further includes at least a second communication port operable to facilitate communication between the radio networking system and a second communication platform. Additionally, a call control software module is operable to automatically and intelligently switch an incoming call from the first communication platform to the second communication platform which is controlled by a processor operable to execute the call control software module according to the information contained in a system configuration database. The call control software module further manages the configuration of call connections and conferencing services and supports real time user control of desired communication services. | 09-26-2013 |
20130250817 | METHOD OF PASSING SIGNAL EVENTS THROUGH A VOICE OVER IP AUDIO MIXER DEVICE - In Voice-over-IP or like systems, audio mixers are used for implanting conferencing applications for IP networks. In such systems, a problem exists as how to pass through user signal events, such a DTMF digits, in-band as well as out-of-band telephony events (RFC 2833/4733) because they are not handled well in such systems. In accordance with certain embodiments, a signalling event in incoming audio packets or user signalling event received out-of-band is detected at one of the inputs. A meta-data representation of the signal event is attached to the audio and passed through the mixer for regeneration, as in-band or out-of-band telephony events, on the other side of the mixer. | 09-26-2013 |
20130258908 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A COMBINED LOCAL AREA NETWORK (CLAN) IN A CONFERENCE NETWORK (CN) - A method including: receiving, at a conference unit, a command to establish a conference call between the conference unit and another conference unit, the conference unit being connected to at least one access point and the access point being accessible by a terminal; utilizing, by the conference unit, an internet telephony protocol to setup at least one media line between the conference unit and the other conference unit; establishing at least one data channel that transmits LAN traffic between the conference unit and the other conference unit utilizing the internet telephony protocol; establishing, by the conference unit, a connection with the terminal, the terminal being part of a combined local area network; and receiving, at the conference unit, an input from the terminal via the connection to access the combined local area network. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258909 | ECHO MITIGATION IN THE PRESENCE OF VARIABLE DELAYS DUE TO ADAPTIVE JITTER BUFFERS - In an example embodiment, a control connection is introduced between an adaptive jitter buffer (AJB) and an adaptive bulk delay (ABD) buffer of an echo canceller (ECAN) in an Internet Protocol (IP) conference bridge. The control connection allows the AJB to control the amount of delay inserted by the ABD in the ECAN convolution processor (CP) signal path. The adjustment in ABD delay restores the time alignment of the ECAN internal echo estimate and offsets variations in echo tail delay introduced by network induced AJB delay changes. Time-invariance is preserved in the echo tail path. | 10-03-2013 |
20130279375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN A BROADBAND NETWORK AND A NARROWBAND NETWORK - A method and apparatus for enabling interoperability between a broadband network and a narrowband network includes an interworking server maintaining at least one virtual narrowband site, each comprising a plurality of virtual narrowband channels known by a controlling server within the narrowband network, wherein each virtual narrowband channel, when assigned by the controlling server, represents a corresponding set of broadband resources. A first broadband device coupled to the broadband network is associated with a first virtual narrowband site. The interworking server further exchanges signaling with the controlling server to enable communications by the first broadband device using a set of broadband resources corresponding to a first virtual narrowband channel of the first virtual narrowband site, wherein the first virtual narrowband channel is assigned by the controlling server for use by a virtual narrowband device which represents the first broadband device. | 10-24-2013 |
20130286899 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING CONTROL OF A CONFERENCE CALL - The invention concerns a method for transferring control of an existing multi-participant conversation ( | 10-31-2013 |
20130286900 | Unified message system and method - A unified messaging system, method and user interface is provided for a handheld mobile communication device. The method may include the following steps: (a) receiving a notification signal at the wireless device via the wireless data channel indicating that the unified messaging system received and stored a voice mail message intended for a user of the wireless device; (b) transmitting a command signal from the wireless device to the unified messaging system via the wireless data channel, the command signal including a message retrieval command; (c) receiving via the wireless voice channel a voice call initiated by a voice mail system component of the unified messaging system in response to the message retrieval command transmitted from the wireless device; and (d) receiving the voice mail message from the unified messaging system via the wireless voice channel. | 10-31-2013 |
20130329607 | TRADING ROOM VOICE ROUTING SOLUTION - A conferencing system may provide a data stream routing solution integrating data streams of different formats for compatibility during a conference. Endpoints using different communications devices may participate in the conference. A protocol may be applied to data streams participating in the conference so each endpoint may recognize the contents of the data stream. The endpoints may be connected in a peer-to-peer network so that data streams may be distributed to each endpoint rather than relying on a bridge. Signal mixing of data streams may be performed to provide improved quality to the signals transmitted be each endpoint. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329608 | SWITCH-TO-TALK FUNCTIONALITY FOR MULTIVOICE TWO-WAY RADIOS - A multivoice radio system allows users to speak and listen, at the same time, to others using multivoice radios without using a base station. Several embodiments of the present invention are directed toward combining a multivoice radio with push-to-talk (PTT), long-range radio. Other embodiments combine two or more multivoice systems and/or use an extender to increase a distance that multivoice radios can communicate with each other. Combining multivoice systems, in some embodiments, creates a voice and/or data mesh network. Switch-to-talk (STT) functionality can be added to systems to increase a number of users and promote radio discipline. Additionally, a combined in-ear microphone and speaker is disclosed. Further embodiments are directed to combining duplex radios, such as mobile phones, to multivoice systems, and/or PTT systems. | 12-12-2013 |
20130336170 | ROUTING OF CONFERENCE PARTICIPANT BASED ON CALLER RECOGNITION - Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for routing one or more requests to join or initiate a collaboration conference based on at least an identifier of a requesting device. In one embodiment, a telecommunications network obtains an identifier, such as the telephone number, of a device requesting to join or initiate a collaboration conference. The identifying information is then compared to a database of user accounts maintained by the network. The network may then prompt the user of the requesting device to join a particular conferencing bridge or provide particular conferencing features based on the one or more preferences associated with the user's account. A response to the prompt may be received and then acted upon by the network to connect the requesting device to a collaboration conference and/or provide the one or more conferencing features to the requesting device. | 12-19-2013 |
20130343232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING VOIP CLIENT FOR AUDIO CONFERENCING - Aspects of the present disclosure disclose system, apparatus and methods for providing an integrated web conferencing. In various aspects, the disclosure is directed to integrating a VoIP client for audio conferencing with a web client. In particular, the system provides for integrating a web portion of a web conference with an audio portion of the web conference. More specifically, the system, apparatus and methods provide for connecting a VoIP client to an audio conferencing portion of the system to facilitate communications between client and server. | 12-26-2013 |
20140003299 | EXCHANGE OF LOCATION INFORMATION USING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140010120 | COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MAMAGEMENT USING SERVICES PROFILE - A method of managing communications services begins with a communications platform receiving a request for a communications service to be provided to a communications device by a source other than the communications platform. The communications platform determines an authorization of the communications device to receive the communications service. The authorization comprises a permission of the communications device to receive the communications service during a lifetime of a communications session maintained with the communications device. The communications network authorizes delivery of the communications service to the communications device during the lifetime of the communications session, in accordance with the authorization. | 01-09-2014 |
20140022956 | System and Method for Improving Audio Quality During Web Conferences Over Low-Speed Network Connections - A method that includes: (1) transmitting, at a first transmit time point, a first probe packet over a network connection to a conferencing server immediately before transmitting a data packet, the first probe packet arriving at the conferencing server at a first receive time point; (2) transmitting, at a second transmit time point, a second probe packet over the network connection to the conferencing server immediately after transmitting the data packet, the second probe packet arriving at the conferencing server at a second receive time point, the first and second probe packets being smaller than the data packet; (3) receiving information encoding a first difference between the first and second transmit time points and a second difference between the first and second receive time points; and (4) based on the first and second differences, modifying a transmission parameter associated with data packets to be transmitted thereafter to the conferencing server. | 01-23-2014 |
20140029474 | VOIP SERVICE WITH STREAMLINED CONFERENCING OPTIONS - In at least some embodiments, a system includes at least one server to manage voice over internet protocol (VOIP) services. The managed VOIP services provided by the at least one server include streamlined conferencing service to add a mobile device to a VOIP conferencing session based on a streamlined conferencing command received from the mobile device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140029475 | MOBILE APPLICATION PROCUREMENT AND CONFIGURATION OPTIONS FOR VOIP SERVICE - In at least some embodiments, a system includes at least one server to manage voice over internet protocol (VOIP) services. The managed VOIP services provided by the at least one server include a procurement service configured to streamline configuration of at least some of the VOIP services for a mobile device during a signup session based on a VOIP services signup session token. | 01-30-2014 |
20140029476 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING A STREAM OF DATA PACKETS VIA MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS - Systems and methods of preventing an Internet service provider from identifying a stream of data packets as carrying a voice over Internet protocol telephony communication can make use of encryption techniques to prevent the Internet service provider from examining the content of the data packets. Also, multiple communications channels may be established between a telephony device and elements of an IP telephony system. A stream of data packets bearing the media of an IP telephony communication is then separated into sub-streams, and each sub-stream is sent through a different one of the communications channels. This prevents an Internet service provider from identifying a stream of data packets as bearing the media of an IP telephony communication based on a pattern in the data traffic. | 01-30-2014 |
20140029477 | DELIVERING TIME SYNCHRONIZED ARBITRARY DATA IN AN RTP SESSION - The disclosure relates to wireless communications. An aspect generates a plurality of packets of data, each packet comprising a header and a payload of media data, receives opaque data related to a payload of at least one packet, and embeds the opaque data in an extension header of the at least one packet. An aspect receives a plurality of packets of data, each packet comprising a header and a payload of media data, and receives opaque data related to a payload of at least one packet, the opaque data embedded in an extension header of the at least one packet. | 01-30-2014 |
20140036733 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR INITIATING CONFERENCE CALL USING CALENDAR EVENTS - An email client method and server that allow a conference organizer to schedule a conference (e.g., conference call) using a calendar feature found in today's email applications. When the email client is installed to work with the user's email application, an option becomes available to allow access to a conferencing scheduling feature. The server is adapted to receive an incoming conference request via a data message (e.g., email message) and coordinate acceptances to the request. At the time of the conference, the server retrieves a list of conference participants/attendees and their contact information. The server determines whether or not each participant/attendee is a server participant. If the participant/attendee is a server participant, the server will initiate the conference by calling the multiple contact numbers associated with the participant/attendee. Otherwise, the server will call one contact number associated with the participant/attendee. | 02-06-2014 |
20140050122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING COMMUTERS TRAVELING ON A MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented system and method of presenting advertisements to a commuter traveling on a transit line of a mass transit system are provided. Advertisements are automatically associated with transit stops of the transit line. The current geographic location of the commuter is monitored while the commuter is traveling. The commuter is automatically associated with a current transit stop based on the current geographical location of the commuter. Whether the current transit stop is associated with one or more of the advertisements is determined. In response to a determination that the current transit stop is associated with an advertisement, one of the advertisements is automatically selected for presentation at a mobile device operated by the commuter. At least a portion of the selected advertisement is presented to the commuter at the mobile device. | 02-20-2014 |
20140050123 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCLUDING VOIP BRIDGE RADIO PROVIDING CHANNEL DESIGNATION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system includes a Voice over IP (VoIP) device, a plurality of radios each configured to communicate using a plurality of different radio channels, and a bridge radio. The bridge radio includes a VoIP interface configured to communicate with the VoIP device, a radio interface configured to communicate with the radios, and a controller coupled to the VoIP interface and the radio interface. The controller is configured to receive a communication request from the VoIP device to communicate via a given radio channel. The communication request includes an IP address associated with the bridge radio and a channel identifier associated with the given radio channel. The controller also bridges communications between the VoIP device and at least one of the radios over the given radio channel based upon the received communication request. | 02-20-2014 |
20140078938 | Handling Concurrent Speech - A system having one or more processors and a memory, receives both speech data from first and second participants of a session. The system outputs the speech of the first participant. The system outputs the speech of the second participant in accordance with an adjustment of the speech of a participant of the session when the speech of the second participant temporally overlaps less than a first predetermined threshold amount of a terminal portion of the speech of the first participant. The system drops the speech of the second participant when the speech of the second participant temporally overlaps more than the first predetermined threshold amount of the terminal portion of the speech of the first participant. Optionally, the system adjusts the speech of a participant of the session by delaying output of the speech of the second participant. | 03-20-2014 |
20140092783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFICATION OF MEDIA IN VOIP SESSIONS WITH RTP SOURCE PROFILING/TAGGING - System and method to transmit an identification of a real-time transport protocol (RTP) data stream, the method including: identifying an identification of an RTP data stream; inserting the identification of the RTP data stream into an RTP header extension; and transmitting, by use of a network interface, an RTP packet comprising the RTP header extension. The method may further include: consulting a policy for profile tag settings, wherein the step of inserting the identification is dependent upon the policy. | 04-03-2014 |
20140098714 | System for providing secondary content relating to a voip audio session - This disclosure describes embodiments of systems and methods that use protocols and techniques that can stream audio from a video device to a separate device while reducing or eliminate audio/video synchronization errors. In some embodiments, these systems and methods use Voice over IP (VoIP) technology to stream audio to mobile devices with low latency, resulting in little or no user-perceivable delay between the audio stream and corresponding video presentation. As a result, users can enjoy both the audio and video of any video display in an establishment. In addition, the systems and methods described herein may be implemented in the home or other locations to allow viewers who may be hard of hearing to listen to audio clearly via headphones. | 04-10-2014 |
20140098715 | SYSTEM FOR STREAMING AUDIO TO A MOBILE DEVICE USING VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL - This disclosure describes embodiments of systems and methods that use protocols and techniques that can stream audio from a video device to a separate device while reducing or eliminate audio/video synchronization errors. In some embodiments, these systems and methods use Voice over IP (VoIP) technology to stream audio to mobile devices with low latency, resulting in little or no user-perceivable delay between the audio stream and corresponding video presentation. As a result, users can enjoy both the audio and video of any video display in an establishment. In addition, the systems and methods described herein may be implemented in the home or other locations to allow viewers who may be hard of hearing to listen to audio clearly via headphones. | 04-10-2014 |
20140112210 | Method for Group Call, Terminal, and Application Server - A method for a group call, includes, when a terminal having a speaking right needs to shield a listening right of one or more terminals in a group during a group call, receiving a start demarcative call message sent by the terminal having the speaking right. The start demarcative call message carries an identifier of a shielded terminal. The listening right of the shielded terminal is shielded according to the identifier of the shielded terminal. | 04-24-2014 |
20140119243 | Remote Conference Saving System and Storage Medium - A remote conference system includes: a communication terminal; and a conference server connected to the communication terminal via an IP network, wherein the communication terminal performs processes comprising: detecting a state of the IP network between the conference server and the communication terminal; performing first determination on whether to transmit partial media data to the conference server, based on the detected state of the IP network; performing first transmission of transmitting the partial media data to the conference server if it is determined to transmit the partial media data; performing first saving of saving the partial media data in a storage device of the communication terminal when it is determined to not transmit the partial media data; and performing second transmission of transmitting partial media data saved in the storage device, as missing partial media data, to the conference server at a predetermined timing. | 05-01-2014 |
20140146714 | INTEGRATED HOME SERVICE NETWORK - A centralized home controller that is used to coordinate a plurality of associated packet communication clients is described herein. The home controller provides a centralized and unified control and messaging system for the various packet communication clients. The home controller also allows the packet communication clients to establish and control packet sessions among the associated packet communication clients, as well as between any one of the packet communication clients and remote clients. The packet communication clients are provided in consumer electronics devices, and the associated packet sessions support data, voice, audio, or video content. In one embodiment, the home controller acts as a proxy for the various communications between the packet communication clients. | 05-29-2014 |
20140169230 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONDUCTING CONFERENCE CALLS - Systems and methods performed by an IP telephony system allow a user to request that his IP telephony device be set into a conference calling mode for an indefinite period of time. When the user's IP telephony device is in the conference calling mode, all parties that attempt to call the user's IP telephony device are added to a conference bridge tied to the user's IP telephony device. All incoming calls are treated in this fashion until the user cancels the conference calling mode and returns to a normal calling mode. | 06-19-2014 |
20140177482 | ACTIVE SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION - Procedures for identifying clients in an audio event are described. In an example, a media server may order clients providing audio based on the input level. An identifier may be associated with the client for identifying the client providing input within the event. The ordered clients may be included in a list which may be inserted into a packet header carrying the audio content. | 06-26-2014 |
20140185492 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING CONFERENCE ACCESS - A method for conference access includes: receiving, by a switchboard device, a first call request sent by a user terminal, where a calling identifier included by the first call request is an identifier of the user terminal, and the included called identifier is a switchboard number corresponding to the switchboard device; obtaining, according to the identifier of the user terminal, recorded information about a conference corresponding to a call missed by the user terminal, where the information about the conference includes an access number of a conference system to which the conference belongs and a conference identifier of the conference; and enabling the user terminal to access the conference. When a user misses answering a conference-related call, by dialing a switchboard number, the user may directly accesses a conference, thereby improving the efficiency of accessing the conference. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185493 | Method, Device, and System for Accessing Conference - A method, a device, and a system for accessing a conference are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by an apparatus for accessing a conference, a call request sent by a terminal; sending, by using the first session, information used to prompt for entering a conference passcode and receiving a conference passcode sent by the terminal; querying a conference access number that corresponds to the conference passcode from at least two conference access numbers, where each conference access number corresponds to one conference system; and instructing, according to the conference access number and the conference passcode, the terminal to establish a second session with a conference system that corresponds to the conference access number such that the terminal joins a conference by using the second session. | 07-03-2014 |
20140233433 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, PARTICIPATION FEE MANAGEMENT METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM - A transmission system includes: a transmission management system and a fee management system. The transmission management system manages participation time information using a given transmission terminal. The fee management system manages participation fee information. The transmission management system includes a transmission unit that transmits the participation time information to the fee management system. The fee management system includes: a user management unit that manages user identification information and terminal identification information in a manner linked; a reception unit that receives the participation time information transmitted from the transmission management system; a participation time calculation unit that calculates a total participation time of conversation; a participation fee calculation unit that calculates a participation fee; and a participation fee summing unit that refers to the user management unit, sums up participation fees of each transmission terminal, and calculates a total participation fee for each user. | 08-21-2014 |
20140241215 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBINED PEER-TWO-PEER (P2P) AND CENTRAL RELAY SERVER-BASED TELECOMMUNICATION CONFERENCING USING A TELEPHONY AND CONFERENCING PROTOCOL - A Method and a System for combined Peer-two-peer (P2P) and central relay server-based telecommunication conferencing using a telephony and conferencing protocol | 08-28-2014 |
20140301249 | TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A telecommunication network | 10-09-2014 |
20140307590 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ECHO CANCELLATION IN CONFERENCE SYSTEMS - A technique is provided for echo cancellation. The technique includes marking respective source signals with a respective marker signal to identify respective starting time references of the respective source signals and to identify respective transmitters to transmit respectively obtained marked source signals, transmitting the respectively marked source signals by the respective transmitters to at least one aggregate node, summing the respective marked source signals received by the at least one aggregate node to create a multicast signal for provision, via a multicast node, to respective receivers associated to the respective transmitters, determining respective round trip power normalization and round trip delay values for modifying, in the respective receivers, the respective marked source signals, to obtain respective delayed and normalized respective marked source signals, and subtracting, at the respective receivers, the respective round trip delayed and normalized marked source signal from the multicast signal to obtain respective echo cancelled multicast signals in the respective receivers. | 10-16-2014 |
20140321334 | Methods and Systems for Providing Location Sensitive Conference Calling - Systems and methods for providing location based conference calling services on communications networks. Location information relating to a device is passed to a location sensitive conference calling system. The location sensitive conference calling system uses the location information to identify a conference calling system, or a conference bridge associated with a conference calling system, to which to connect the device. The device is connected with the conference calling system, or a conference bridge associated with the conference calling system. | 10-30-2014 |
20140341085 | SELECTING AN APPLICATION SERVER AT WHICH TO REGISTER ONE OR MORE USER EQUIPMENTS FOR AN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) SESSION - In an embodiment, an Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) network that is operated by a single operator receives a request from a user equipment (UE) for registering to a group IMS session. The IMS network determines a location region where the UE is located and identifies a single application server deployed in the location region at which to register UEs that are located in the location region and request registration to the group IMS session. In another embodiment, an application server deployed in a first location region receives a request to register a UE to an IMS session from the IMS network. The application server selectively redirects the registration for the UE either to (i) an application server deployed in a second location region, or (ii) another application server deployed in the first location region. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341086 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING MULTIMEDIA DATA - The present disclosure discloses a method, apparatus and system for transmitting multimedia data. After accessing to a multimedia conference room, a client encodes multimedia data to be transmitted, and transmits the encoded multimedia data to a multi-point control unit. The client receives a multimedia data packet sent by the multi-point control unit. The multimedia data packet is obtained by the multi-point control unit via encapsulating multimedia data sent by at least one client in the multimedia conference room. The client decodes the multimedia data packet, composes multimedia data obtained after decoding the multimedia data packet, and displays the composed multimedia data. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341087 | COMMUNICATION REMINDERS - Embodiments are configured to provide reminders associated with communications and other events. In an embodiment, components of a communication system can operate to generate, maintain, and implement reminders associated with communications and other events. A reminder can be automatically generated and scheduled for one or more users of the communication system when a user is unavailable or unable to take a call. Reminders can be generated to include information which can be used to establish a communication event for a subsequent communication associated with each reminder. | 11-20-2014 |
20140362739 | Method and Apparatus for Calling Terminal to Join Conference - A method and an apparatus for calling a terminal to join a conference, related to the field of communications technologies, resolving a problem that a process in which a calling terminal calls a called terminal to join the conference or a called terminal requests joining the conference is complicated. The method includes the following steps: receiving first call request information, where the first call request information carries identification information of the called terminal; and calling the called terminal according to the identification information of the called terminal, so that the called terminal receives a message which is published by another terminal in a current conference and that the called terminal publishes a message to another terminal in the current conference. The method may be applied to calling a terminal to join a conference. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362740 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATION OF INFORMATION TO CHANNELS OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus are described for improving the transmission of information over wireless communication channels. These techniques include determining available communication channels for transmitting information and determining possible physical layer packet sizes of the available channels. An information unit is partitioned into portions wherein the size of the portions are selected so as to match one of the physical layer packet sizes of the available communication channels. Another aspect is partitioning the information into a number of slices that correspond to the number of transmissions that occur during the information unit interval and assigning each partition to a corresponding transmission. The techniques can be used for various types of information, such as multimedia data, variable bit rate data streams, video data, or audio data. | 12-11-2014 |
20140369241 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFERENCE CALLING USING PERSONAL URL - Systems and methods are disclosed for managing conference calling using a URL assigned to a conference call organizer. One method includes receiving, from a conference call organizer, a request to be placed into a conference call associated with a URL assigned to the organizer; and receiving, from a prospective conference call participant, a request to be placed into the conference call associated with the URL. Another method includes receiving, from a first user, through a web page of a URL assigned to the first user, a first phone number at which the first user can be called; receiving, from a second user, through the web page of the URL, a second phone number at which the second user can be called; and initiating phone calls to the first user at the first number and the second user at the second number. | 12-18-2014 |
20150023221 | SPEAKING PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION - For speaking participant identification, a communication module simulates a virtual communication channel for each participant in a media conference. An identification module identifies a speaking participant. The communication module further communicates audio input over the virtual communication channel for the speaking participant. | 01-22-2015 |
20150023222 | METHOD OF JOINING A CONFERENCE CALL - In a computer-implemented method of joining a user to a conference call event an interface associated with a time management software application is displayed. The interface displays information relating to the conference call event including a date for a conference call which is subject of the conference call event and a start time of the conference call. While displaying the interface, a menu offering one or more options is displayed; these one or more options include an option to join the conference call. When an indication of a selection of the option to join the conference call is received, information associated with the conference call is located; this information includes a telephone number for a conference call bridge. A connection with the conference call bridge using the telephone number is initiated. | 01-22-2015 |
20150023223 | Method and Device for Filtering Media Packets - A method including: receiving, at a video conferencing device, a packet of a video conferencing media stream, the video conferencing device including a processor; determining, by the video conferencing device, whether a length of the packet is sufficiently long to contain media; sending a request to a Look-up Table memory using the media stream ID as an input value while in parallel determining, with the processor, whether the packet is a valid media packet; in response to receiving a destination address in a media processing network from the Look-up Table memory and determining that the packet is a valid media packet, modifying, by the video conferencing device, a header of the packet with the destination address received from the Look-up Table memory; and transmitting, by the video conferencing device, the packet to the modified destination address. | 01-22-2015 |
20150023224 | METHOD FOR REGULATING OVERLAPPING MEDIA MESSAGES - The described systems regulate the transmission and playback of multiple streams of audio data, e.g., for a multiplayer game, and provide sequential playback of audio, buffered while the listener is listening to a different stream, time-compressed if necessary. The systems thus solve a problem of users “talking over each other” by: (1) regulating access to audio channels; and (2) treating the spoken audio as distinct blocks so as to play the messages, e.g., from multiple channels, sequentially to users. The messages may be played back at a later time at time-compressed rates or aborted as directed by the user or by a separate automated process. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029897 | Voice Protocol Connector Apparatus - A connection apparatus has a USB port coupled to a USB interface for connection to a computing device enabled to manage IP audio calls, a land-line telephone port coupled to a Four-Wire Analog telephone interface, for connection to a Four-Wire port of a land-line telephone, a wireless interface for coupling to a communication device enabled to manage voice calls over a network, an analog audio port for a headset, coupled to an analog audio interface, a plurality of protocol translation modules, and switching circuitry enabled to connecting individual ones of the ports through individual ones of the protocol translation modules. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029898 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR WEB-BASED CONTROL OF A CALL SERVER - A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for enabling a web application to communicate with a call server. A communication channel is provided between the web application and the call server. Data transferred over the communication channel is translated to a form each can understand. The data may be in the form of a call control command or a service control command. A call control command may be a conference call control command. Data may be translated to call server system format, or to web application format. | 01-29-2015 |
20150036551 | TELETRIAGE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND MEDICAL SUPPORT - A system and method for providing an integrated telemedicine/network for coordinating emergency medical response treatment by and among Fire/EMS, law enforcement, emergency rooms, field deployed triage units, trauma centers, municipal, county and State leadership using secure communications devices and servers accessed by and linked to at least one mobile transmission devices. | 02-05-2015 |
20150036552 | Method and Apparatus for the Encoding of Participants in a Conference Setting - A system and method are presented for the encoding of participants in a conference setting. In an embodiment, audio from conference participants in a voice-over-IP setting may be received and processed by the system. In an embodiment, audio may be received in a compressed form and de-compressed for processing. For each participant, return audio is generated, compressed (if applicable) and transmitted to the participant. The system may recognize when participants are using the same audio encoding format and are thus receiving audio that may be similar or identical. The audio may only be encoded once instead of for each participant. Thus, redundant encodings are recognized and eliminated resulting in less CPU usage. | 02-05-2015 |
20150055513 | Group Communication System and Method - A method is described for providing voice conferencing between a plurality of users over a communications network. A host user initiates a voice conference using a host user terminal, where pluralities of user terminals join the voice conference. On joining the voice conference, each participant user terminal displays a participant user interface, and the host user terminal displays a host user interface. At least one participant user activates a request control on the participant user interface which, in turn, transmits a request to the host user to speak in the voice conference. The host user can then activate a selection control to select from among participant users who transmitted the request, the speech of the at least one selected user being transmitted to all of the plurality of users. | 02-26-2015 |
20150092615 | TELECONFERENCE SYSTEM WITH OVERLAY AUFIO METHOD ASSOCIATE THERETO - The present invention relates to a new method and system for use of a teleconference system, and more specifically a new method and system for using a teleconference system and multiple bridges where participants of a conference on a bridge can be segregated into two or more conference bridges and giving one bridge the ability to monitor and/or observe the primary conference in a first bridge as they participate in the secondary conference using a modular overlay. The overlay allows participants of the secondary conference to ‘observe’ the primary conference by means of sending to the secondary conference an attenuated version of the primary conference or a non-attenuated version capable of attenuation based on the participation level of the participants of the secondary conference. The current invention recreates the effect of using a one way mirror between two adjacent rooms to permit participants in the second room to monitor and keep track of the first room while being able to communicate in private. | 04-02-2015 |
20150092616 | CUSTOMER-CENTRIC NETWORK-BASED CONFERENCING - A communication system has a network-connected server comprising a processor and a coupled data repository and software executing on the processor from a non-transitory medium. The software provides a first function establishing a communication session between an initiator and an agent of an enterprise hosting the system, a second function gathering information about persons other than the initiator and the agent as potential conference participants, a third function generating and sending invitations to a conference to include the initiator and the agent to individual ones of the potential conference participants, and a fourth function connecting those accepting invitations to the conference. | 04-02-2015 |
20150092617 | Method, Device, and System For Establishing Cascade of Multipoint Control Servers - The method according to embodiments of the present invention includes: allocating, by a management platform, a first multipoint control server to a first conference according to conference information of the first conference carried in a call from any site, where the conference information of the first conference includes a conference access number of the first conference and a site number included in the first conference, and the site number included in the first conference includes a conference access number of a second conference; and allocating, by the management platform, a second multipoint control server to the second conference according to conference information of the second conference carried in a call from the first multipoint control server, and establishing a cascading channel between the first multipoint control server and the second multipoint control server. | 04-02-2015 |
20150139043 | NOTIFICATION OF AUDIO STATE BETWEEN ENDPOINT DEVICES - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a server in communication with a plurality of user devices, a notification of a mute state change at a first of the user devices, and generating an indication of mute state change for display at a second of the user devices. The server is used in a web session and one of the first and second user devices is used in an audio session of a conference. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein. | 05-21-2015 |
20150304120 | Video Conference Scheduling Method and Apparatus - A video conference scheduling method and apparatus relates to the communications field. A conference reservation reference list can be ultimately obtained by acquiring reservation information of each conference site and quality of service (QoS) description information sent by each conference site and performing statistical analysis on the QoS description information and the reservation information, so that a user can select an optimal reservation scheme from the conference reservation reference list according to a conference site and time that the user wants to reserve, which avoids a problem that a conference cannot be normally held because of a poor network status, realizes effective arrangements for the conference, and improves work efficiency, thereby reducing a waste of conference resources, human resources, and time caused by an unsuccessful conference. The method is applied to video conference scheduling. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304370 | CLOUD VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL COMMUNICATION SUBSTITUTE FOR CHANNEL RADIO BASED COMMUNICATION - Technologies and implementations for facilitating channel-based communication via VOIP are generally disclosed. Example methods may include receiving a communication preference from the plurality Receive a Communication Preference from a Number of Mobile Devices of mobile devices, receiving a status identifier from the plurality of mobile devices and designating one or more of the plurality of mobile devices as belonging to a communication group based at least in part on the received communication preferences and the received Receive a Status Identifier from the Mobile Devices status identifiers. | 10-22-2015 |
20150312284 | COUNTERPART TERMINAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COUNTERPART TERMINAL MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COUNTERPART TERMINAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A system, terminal, and method that includes storing terminal identification information for identifying a communication terminal in association with counterpart terminal identification information for identifying one or more candidate counterpart terminals, and transmitting, to a first communication terminal that has left from a session transmitting content data, information indicating terminal identification information for identifying a second communication terminal that participates in the session. The method further includes receiving a request for adding the second communication terminal as a candidate counterpart terminal for the first communication terminal from the first communication terminal, the request for adding being generated based on information indicating that the second communication terminal is not registered as a candidate counterpart terminal for the first communication terminal, and storing the terminal identification information of the second communication terminal in association with the terminal identification information of the first communication terminal in response to the request for adding. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312418 | SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING VOIP CLIENT FOR AUDIO CONFERENCING - Aspects of the present disclosure disclose system, apparatus and methods for providing an integrated web conferencing. In various aspects, the disclosure is directed to integrating a VoIP client for audio conferencing with a web client. In particular, the system provides for integrating a web portion of a web conference with an audio portion of the web conference. More specifically, the system, apparatus and methods provide for connecting a VoIP client to an audio conferencing portion of the system to facilitate communications between client and server. | 10-29-2015 |
20150326729 | PHONE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF COMMUNICATION - Phone systems, phone devices (including hardware, software and firmware), and methods of operating a phone. Described herein are user interfaces for phones and phone systems. In particular, described herein are dissociated phone systems including one or a plurality of local client phones with basic call handling capability that communicate though a remote phone server to handle advanced calling features, including transfers, voicemail, conference calls, call parking, etc. | 11-12-2015 |
20150334246 | AUDIO STREAM ARRANGEMENT - Conference systems are often installed in plenary halls and comprise a plurality of microphones for participants of a discussion, whereby the speech signals of the participants are received by the microphones, amplified by the conference system and distributed to the other participants of the discussion. An audio stream arrangement ( | 11-19-2015 |
20150341498 | Audio Burst Collision Resolution - In an conferencing system in which a plurality of communication devices electronically connect respective participants to one another, a method for mitigating the effects of substantially concurrent audio bursts from two or more of the participants includes identifying a priority attribute associated with each of multiple substantially concurrent audio bursts, comparing the identified priority attributes, and electronically suppressing at least one audio burst as a function of the comparison. | 11-26-2015 |
20150349971 | PROXIMITY-BASED CONFERENCE SESSION TRANSFER - A method of proximity-based conference session transfer is disclosed. The method is implemented at a conference device and it starts with the conference device generating a conference session code based on an encrypted conference session message received from a conference server. The conference device communicates the conference session code to an area in proximity to the conference device, where a user device in the area in proximity to the conference device receives the conference session code and requests the conference server to coordinate the conference device to assume a conference session of the user device. The conference device then receives a message from the conference server requesting the conference device to assume the conference session of the user device, and it assumes the conference session of the user device by performing conference functions according to input from the user device. | 12-03-2015 |
20150358369 | COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A communication management system manages communication terminals transmitting and receiving communication data. The system includes a session management unit configured to manage session identifying information and terminal identifying information in an associated manner, the session identifying information being used to identify a communication session being performed among a plurality of communication terminals and the terminal identifying information being used to identify each of the communication terminals; a receiving unit configured to receive, from a conversion system, terminal identifying information about a communication terminal that is being in communication, the conversion system mutually converting a communication scheme of communication data transmitted from one communication terminal and a communication scheme of communication data transmitted from another communication terminal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the conversion system, session identifying information that is associated with the received terminal identifying information in the session management unit. | 12-10-2015 |
20150373199 | Non-IMS Rich Communication Suite - This invention relates to telecommunications, and in particular, to a Rich Communication Suite (RCS) and RCS-e (“e” for enhanced) messaging infrastructure within a network without the need to deploy an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) core within the network. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373200 | Non-IMS Rich Communication Suite - This invention relates to telecommunications, and in particular, to a Rich Communication Suite (RCS) and RCS-e (“e” for enhanced) messaging infrastructure within a network without the need to deploy an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) core within the network. | 12-24-2015 |
20150381663 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED QUALITY OF A VISUALIZED CALL OVER NETWORK THROUGH SCENARIO BASED BUFFER MODULATION - Systems and methods for improving quality of a call over network (CON) are provided. Call quality may be improved via buffer length modulation based upon the call scenario type. Scenario detection may be based upon who speaks, and the duration of the speaking, as well as contextual analysis. Further, the call over network quality may further be improved by deploying modules over the network. The modules are intermediary vehicles between each communicator and backend servers. The modules intercept audio packets from the communicator to detect packet loss, and perform recovery of lost packets, thereby accelerating real-time audio conversations. | 12-31-2015 |
20150381814 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED QUALITY OF A CALL OVER NETWORK WITH LOAD LEVELING AND LAST MILE SIGNAL INDICATION - Systems and methods for improving quality of a call over network (CON) are provided. Modules may be distributed over the network at nodes. The modules monitor data quantity through the node, and data quality from one node to another. This fidelity and usage data is provided to a server where the data may be utilized to decide on how to route a call over network. The selected pathway may be decided based upon avoidance of “problem” legs where packets have historically been lost, or based upon the desire to load level data transmissions. A signal indicator for the signal quality of the networks “last mile” may be provided to the user. The last mile is the portion of the data pathway dependent upon the telephone service provider's infrastructure that cannot be rerouted around. | 12-31-2015 |
20160014277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING RECIPIENTS DURING A COMMUNICATIONS SESSION | 01-14-2016 |
20160021253 | MANAGING DATA STREAMS FOR A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The present application details methods and systems for facilitating within a network-based communication system, a communication session between a group of network devices. For example, the network device receives incoming data streams from other network devices in the communication session. The network device also sends an outgoing data stream to the other network devices in the communication session. Further, the network device combines the incoming data stream with the outgoing data stream and presents the combined data stream to a user. | 01-21-2016 |
20160028896 | CONFERENCE SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR OPERATING THE CONFERENCE SYSTEM - Conference systems are often installed in plenary halls or meeting rooms, whereby such conference systems typically consist of a central equipment and equipment for the participants of the discussion. The central equipment is usually used to control the conference system and supply power to the participant equipment. A conference system 1 comprising a plurality of delegate units 2,10, whereby the delegate units 2, 10 comprise a microphone 22 for receiving a speech signal from a speaker, a control device 4 for providing the delegate units 2,10 with power, a network connection 6 for connecting the plurality of delegate units 2,10 with the control device 4, whereby the network connection 6 is operable to transmit the power from the control device 4 to the delegate units 2,10, whereby at least one of the delegate units 2,10 is a control delegate unit 10, whereby the control delegate unit 10 comprises a wake-up interface 11, whereby the conference system 1 is operable to activate the control device 4 and/or the other delegate units 2 from an un-activated state into an activated state as a reaction to the use of the wake-up interface 11. | 01-28-2016 |
20160050078 | LOAD BALANCING IN A CENTRAL CONFERENCING ROUTING SERVER - Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for a conferencing routing service for managing and routing collaboration participants. In one embodiment, the conferencing routing service may maintain a database of information or preferences associated with the conference requester and attempt to select a conference bridge based on the requester's information. Further, the conferencing routing service may receive performance information from a plurality of conference bridges that are able to conduct the collaboration conference and select a conference bridge in response to the performance information. | 02-18-2016 |
20160094607 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME PROTOCOL HEADER GENERATION - A media server and method of operation of a media server in a wireless communication system are provided. The media server receives media streams from mobile communication devices in the wireless communication system, and routes the media streams sequentially to a packet header compression encoder. A processor of the media server is configured to receive a first media stream from a first mobile communication device, receive a request from a second mobile communication device to transmit a second media stream to the media server, and transmit data derived from an RTP header of the first media stream to the second mobile communication device. The second mobile communication device is enabled to commence transmission of the second transmitted media stream using the data derived from the RTP header. The wireless communication system may be a PTT wireless communication system or a group video wireless communication system. | 03-31-2016 |
20160099985 | Combination of Unicast and Multicast User Plane Data - User plane data is communicated by cell-specific broadcasting of said user plane data in a cell and unicasting in parallel the same user plane data to at least one communication device participating a group service. When receiving the user plane data, a communication device receiving the eel- specific broadcasting and unicasting can combine the broadcast and unicast user plane data. | 04-07-2016 |
20160105473 | ADAPTIVE AUDIO STREAM WITH LATENCY COMPENSATION - A latency compensating adaptive jitter buffer method is implemented in an audio client running on a user device or in an audio server to adaptively adjust the size of a jitter buffer to optimize latency while minimizing packet loss during audio signal transmission. In some embodiments, the jitter buffer is kept to a nominal size for low latency. In response to a queuing delay event being detected, audio production is temporarily stopped and the size of the jitter buffer is temporarily increased to receive all incoming audio packets up to a certain refill level. The method then resumes audio production using accelerated playback to reduce the jitter buffer size back to the nominal size. | 04-14-2016 |
20160112478 | VOICE CONFERENCE CALL USING PSTN AND INTERNET NETWORKS - A system and method for supporting a multi-participant voice conference call using PSTN and Internet networks is described. The method for supporting a multi-participant voice conference call includes receiving voice from a PSTN client. The method also includes receiving voice data from a moderator and from at least one remote client connected to the Internet. The method then proceeds to mix the voice data from the PSTN client with the voice data from the moderator into a first mixed voice data that is transmitted to the remote client that is connected to the Internet. The method also mixes the voice data from the moderator with the voice data from the remote client connected to the Internet into a second mixed voice data that is transmitted to the PSTN client. | 04-21-2016 |
20160127430 | BROADCASTING AND MANAGING BROADCASTS USING A TELEPHONY CONFERENCE PLATFORM - A system for broadcasting via a telephony conference platform includes a gateway device having a processor and a telephony conference platform. The gateway device broadcasts a broadcast media stream to a plurality of user devices. A user signal is received from one of the user devices via a user telephony connection between the user device and the telephony conference platform. The gateway device next suspends the broadcast media stream for the user device associated with the user signal, and mixes the user signal into the broadcast media stream in real time using the telephony conference platform. The gateway device then broadcasts the broadcast media stream comprising the user signal to the plurality of user devices in real time, except for the user device associated with the user signal. | 05-05-2016 |
20160134668 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL AUDIO CONFERENCE WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT - In one embodiment, a computer-program product embodied in a non-transitory computer read-able medium that is programmed to manage a digital audio conference including a plurality of conference units and each conference unit including a microphone is provided. The computer-program product includes instructions to receive first information corresponding to a layout of a venue that facilitates an audio conference for users of the plurality of conference units. The computer-program product further includes instructions to store second information corresponding to an arrangement of a plurality of seats in the venue and to associate a first conference unit of the plurality of conference units to a first seat of the plurality of seats. | 05-12-2016 |
20160134758 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR TRANSFERRING OR RECOVERING A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS - The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for conducting communications. One method includes determining a context associated with a communication between a first participant and a second participant while the communication is occurring, determining a failure of the communication, and resuming the communication based, at least in part, on the context. | 05-12-2016 |
20160142447 | Telecommunications Network Call Control - Telecommunications network components configured to manage call control of a communication session of user equipment are described herein. An anchoring network device may proxy signaling traffic for the communication session. The anchoring network device may determine a routing identifier based at least in part on which access network, or which type of access network, is carrying the communication session, and may transmit state information of the communication session to a call-control server in association with the routing identifier. The call-control server may provide control information of the communication session to the anchoring network device in response to the state information. The anchoring network device may modify the communication session, e.g., by adding or dropping one or more parties, in response to the control information. The routing identifier may be determined based at least in part on capabilities of a communication session indicated in a session-initiation message. | 05-19-2016 |
20160156681 | Conference release method, device and system, and storage medium | 06-02-2016 |
20160156685 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROUP COMMUNICATION USING A MOBILE DEVICE USING MOTION AND VOICE ACTIVATE CONTROLS | 06-02-2016 |
20160164930 | USAGE AUTHORIZATION CONTROL FOR GROUP COMMUNICATIONS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Embodiments described herein provide usage authorization control for group communications. In one embodiment, a network element identifies a group communication for an end user of User Equipment (UE), and identifies a group ID for the group communication. The network element retrieves a user profile of the end user from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), and determines from the user profile and the group ID whether the end user is a member of the group. The network element provides, on the condition that the end user is a member of the group, the group ID to the HSS and receives group usage rules for the group from the HSS. The network element allows the group communication on the condition that the group communication is permitted by one or more of the group usage rules. | 06-09-2016 |
20160165064 | TECHNIQUES FOR A MIXED AUDIO CONFERENCE - Techniques for a mixed audio conference are described. An apparatus may comprise an audio video multipoint control unit to mix call information from multiple call connections established over a packet-switched network for a conference call. The apparatus may comprise a telephony gateway communicatively coupled to the audio video multipoint control unit. The telephony gateway may establish a bridge connection with a conference bridge servicing a call connection over a circuit-switched network, the telephony gateway to translate call information from the call connection for use by the audio video multipoint control unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-09-2016 |
20160182728 | HANDLING CONCURRENT SPEECH | 06-23-2016 |
20160191580 | DYNAMIC SESSION MONITORING IN SECURE MEDIA-BASED CONFERENCING - Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for monitoring conference session resources in a media-based conferencing system. A server computing device establishes a connection to media engines hosting in-process conference sessions. The server periodically captures system level information, application level information, and meeting size associated with each of the conference sessions. The server determines a session state associated with each of the conference sessions, and determines a pool of available computing devices to provide resources to the conference sessions. The server allocates available computing devices to the in-process conference sessions based upon the session state and periodically reports the session state and the pool of available computing devices to a network API module, which determines a routing for subsequent communication session requests based upon the reported session state and pool of available computing resources. | 06-30-2016 |
20160255204 | SECURE MECHANISM FOR MUTE ALERT | 09-01-2016 |
20160381091 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MULTI-MODAL COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A computing system for managing a multi-modal communication session in an enterprise is disclosed. The computing system includes a monitoring module for monitoring activities associated with the multi-modal communication session between a customer and an agent, wherein the customer and the agent communicate over a first communication modality. The system further includes an analysis module for analyzing the activities to initiate communication between the customer and the agent over a second communication modality within the multi-modal communication session, wherein the communication over the second communication modality operates along with the communication over the first communication modality. The system further includes a notification module for generating notifications for notifying information associated with the first communication modality, the second communication modality, or a combination thereof to a supervisor. | 12-29-2016 |
20160381095 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION USING INTERESTINGNESS ALGORITHMS - Technologies for audiovisual communication include an audiovisual server and a number of audiovisual client devices, including a presenter device and a number of audience devices. Each audience device captures an audiovisual stream and transmits the audiovisual stream to the audiovisual server. Each audience device also captures sensor input data such as eye tracking data or facial expression data and transmits abstracted sensor input data to the audiovisual server. The abstracted sensor input data may be based on the captured audiovisual stream. The audiovisual server determines an interestingness rating associated with each audience device based on the sensor input data, and selects one or more audiovisual streams based on the interestingness ratings. The audiovisual server transmits the selected audiovisual streams to the presenter device. The audiovisual server may update the interestingness rating algorithm based on feedback from the presenter device or the audience devices. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-29-2016 |
20180027032 | Methods and Systems for Electronic Communications Feedback | 01-25-2018 |
20220141264 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CALL ADDITION CONTROL - A method for call addition control in a User Agent (UA) or a call service system is provided. The UA or the call service system receives or initiates a call addition request comprising information of a called party during a call. The UA or the call service system determines whether the called party is already present in the call. The UA or the call service system blocks the call addition request in response to the called party being already present in the call. | 05-05-2022 |