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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189757 | Call out and hunt functions for teleconferencing services A teleconference system for coordinating a prearranged teleconference includes a memory that stores established parameters for contacting teleconference participants. The teleconference system also includes a caller that systematically hunts and automatically calls ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184792 | 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 e... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184791 | Method and system for compensating audio signals during a communication session An approach is provided for compensating audio signals during a communication session by receiving audio signals from parties to the communication session, sampling the audio signals to determine signal level and noise floor, and compensating the audio signals to br... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184790 | Notification of dropped audio in a teleconference call A method enables a participant in a conference call to monitor, as he is speaking, whether his speech is getting through to the other participants. A teleconference bridge receives audio signals from a group of telecommunications endpoints that are involved in a con... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175244 | Method and system for tele-conferencing with simultaneous interpretation and automatic floor control A system and method for conducting a conference between a plurality of geographically-dispersed participants, with simultaneous interpretation in a plurality of languages, wherein the method comprises establishing an audio bridge for each of the languages, connectin... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175241 | System and method for adding conference participants A system for adding a participant to an ongoing conference call is provided. The system includes a handset operable to send a message containing a prospective participant to be added to the conference call. The system also includes an application server operable to ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175243 | Systems and methods for facilitating teleconferencing without pre-reservation of conference resources A teleconferencing system is provided comprising a telephony interface for answering telephony events routed thereto from a router or switch, and one or more signal processing mechanisms coupled to the telephony interface and locatable by the system. The system incl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175242 | Voice conference historical monitor A method includes determining information regarding a conference among a plurality of participants. The information may include a respective cumulative talk time of each of the plurality of participants. In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present inve... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170193 | Spatial sound conference system and method The spatial sound conference system enables participants in a teleconference to distinguish between speakers even during periods of interruption and overtalk, identify speakers based on spatial location cues, understand low volume speech, and block out background no... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170192 | Personalized conference call system and method An enhancement for an electronic calendar provides a single call-in number and, preferably a pass code established for a user/participant in any and all conference call(s) in which use of the invention is authorized by an owner/caller initiating a conference call. T... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170191 | Method and system for handling audio signals of conference A new system and method particularly useful in handling the audio of a “large” conference is disclosed. The system and method initially defines certain conferees as panel members, which can provide audio to and receive audio from the conference, and audience mem... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165279 | Management server for teleconference system and computer program Provided is a teleconference system enabling easy participation in a conference from a place geographically apart, securing active proceeding by individual presenting of statement, and enabling drastic decrease of trouble of creating a result by the conference. Stat... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160225 | Call initiation via calendar A system and method for initiating calls via electronic calendar is disclosed. A call list is associated by a user to a particular time and day within the electronic calendar. When the particular day and time arrives, the call list is forwarded to a service which ex... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160224 | Method, apparatus and system for implementing conference service An apparatus and a system for implementing the conference service is disclosed. The method includes: a conference initiator sends a conference operation message that carries conference information which includes conference initiator information and information of at... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160223 | System and method for managing a conference call A system, method, and computer program product for initiating a conference call are disclosed. The method includes running a conference call managing application. The method also includes receiving at least one participant-defined condition. The participant-defined ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150014 | System and method for transitioning a voice session in progress over a communication network into a voice and data session A system for effecting transition of a private branch exchange (PBX) system-hosted voice only telephone session in progress into a voice session optionally enhanced with a data collaboration channel hosted by a conference bridge includes a call escalation system (CE... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150015 | System and method of phone bridging A method for providing a dynamic bridge service is provided. The method comprises provisioning a dynamic bridge service associated with at least a first private number and a second private number. The method also comprises receiving an origination attempt from an el... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144855 | Optimizing interactive voice response unit port utilization A method of and system for optimizing interactive voice response (IVR) unit port utilization starts each call of a plurality of calls on a separate IVR unit port. The method launches an IVR call flow for each call. Each IVR call flow includes a section that is commo... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144854 | Conference bridge which detects control information embedded in audio information to prioritize operations Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for improved audio, video, and data conferencing. The present invention provides a conferencing system comprising a plurality of endpoints communicating data including audio data and control data according to a comm... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139743 | Method for providing enhanced audio conferencing services in a telephony system A method is provided for enhanced audio conferencing services. A request is received and authenticated for enhanced audio conferencing services. A calendar for the user is accessed, and scheduled conference calls of the user are determined from the calendar. A list ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139744 | Server based conference call volume management A method for automatically adjusting the volume of individual conference call participants during a conference call. The present invention comprises a Configuration Program (CP) and a Volume Adjustment Program (VAP). The CP allows a user to configure the automatic v... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8126129 | Adaptive audio conferencing based on participant location An audio conferencing method is disclosed in which the geographic location of the participants is used as a basis to adaptively mix audio signals. In particular, if two or more participants are at the same location, the audio signals are mixed such that the particip... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121277 | Catch-up playback in a conferencing system In one embodiment, a method includes receiving input indicating that an endpoint is dropping out of a real-time mode of attending an on-going conference session. A comment/question received from the endpoint is recorded along with a portion of the on-going conferenc... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121278 | Teleconferencing systems and methods A method implemented by a teleconferencing system includes assigning a teleconferencing bridge to a teleconference responsive to at least a current workload of the teleconferencing bridge, and forwarding a first plurality of communication sessions corresponding to t... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121276 | Multicast call processing unit for telecommunication devices A multicast call processing unit receives a request from a requester, determines if the request is associated with a multicast function, identifies a plurality of destinations defined by the multicast function and establishes communication link between the requester... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116442 | Method and apparatus for audio conference bridge initiated remote device muting Method and apparatus for providing an audio conference bridge initiated remote device muting are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a conference bridge is configured to detect a remote mute request from a remote Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) device, such as... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111820 | Audio conference platform with dynamic speech detection threshold The present invention comprises a method for audio/video conferencing. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises using a dynamic threshold value to determine whether there is speech on a line. One aspect, the method comprises determining a dynamic threshold va... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107607 | Integrated chat client with receiving party choice Phone systems for an integrated chat client service are provided. A representative phone system includes a call processing system operable to check a chat server for accessibility of a calling party chat client associated with a calling party and coupled to the inte... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102984 | Speakerphone and conference bridge which receive and provide participant monitoring information Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for improved audio, video, and data conferencing. The present invention provides a conferencing system comprising a plurality of endpoints communicating data including audio data and control data according to a comm... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098808 | Automated calling system for conference calls In a method for calling participants in a conference call, a computer system receives a conference date, a call time for the conference call, names of the participants, and telephone numbers for the participants. The computer system is operable to automatically init... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098807 | 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 transmittin... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094799 | Enabling and disabling terminating features of a terminating switch An apparatus in one example has: a telecommunication system having an originating switch operatively coupled to at least one terminating switch; the terminating switch having at least one terminating call feature for a respective terminating terminal operatively cou... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085920 | Synthetic audio placement Apparatus and methods for synthetic audio placement are described herein. In different aspects, synthetic audio placement may include a plurality of inputs, each input configured to receive a signal from a caller, at least one input being a single channel input. A b... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085921 | Disposable telephone numbers Methods, systems, and products are disclosed that provide disposable numbers for a conference service. A disposable number is assigned to a conference bridge that is only activated for a defined period of time, after which the disposable number is disposed and deact... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081746 | Conference bridge with improved handling of control signaling during an ongoing conference In an exemplary method audible signals from participants of a conference call during the ongoing conference call are processed by a conference bridge. An incoming audible signal on a first line from a first participant is detected during the conference call with a p... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077852 | Method and apparatus for controlling conference calls A conference manager establishes and controls a conference and subconferences for a plurality of telecommunication terminals so as to reduce telecommunication costs by establishing the conference and dynamically placing telecommunication terminals geographically loc... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073125 | Spatial audio conferencing Audio in an audio conference is spatialized using either virtual sound-source positioning or sound-field capture. A spatial audio conference is provided between a local and remote parties using audio conferencing devices (ACDs) interconnected by a network. Each ACD ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073124 | System and method to identify and associate call legs in session initiation protocol back to back user agents A system and method for simplifying Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) Back To Back User Agent (“B2BUA”) development by associating different call legs with each other across multiple SIP entities. Call legs may be associated with one another through a comm... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068592 | Intelligent switching system for voice and data A teleconferencing system for voice and data provides interconnections among user sites via a central station. User stations at user sites each alternate operation between a data mode connecting a user computer and modem to a user telephone communication path and a ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059806 | Method and system for managing a communication session A method and system for managing a communication session is provided. The communication session is associated with multiple communication devices. The method includes learning (304) a set of derived acoustic features of an audio communication signal that is a... | 11/15/2011 |
