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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7639634 | Method and System for Joining a virtual talk group A method for joining a virtual talk group includes facilitating communications of a virtual talk group. The virtual talk group includes a plurality of endpoints of different communication networks. The method also includes recording the communications of the plurali... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7420935 | Teleconferencing arrangement A method and an apparatus for controlling a conference call is a system which comprises a conference bridge for combining several audio signals arriving from terminals and for transmitting the combined signal further to at least one of the terminals using at least o... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415499 | Method and apparatus for listening for incoming calls on multiple port/socket combinations In one embodiment, the invention provides a method comprising loading a set of transport components into a memory; initializing each transport component of the set of transport components to listen on a particular conferencing interface using a listen string to asso... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7370126 | System and method for implementing a demand paging jitter buffer algorithm An apparatus for providing storage is provided that includes a jitter buffer element. The jitter buffer element includes a primary jitter buffer storage that includes a primary low water mark and a primary high water mark. The jitter buffer element also includes a s... | 05/06/2008 |
| RE40135 | Audio conferencing system According to the principles of the invention, there is provided a conferencing system that dynamically assigns calls to DSP resources. The system may attempt to process each audio conference on a single DSP node, so that information about conference participants doe... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330541 | Automated conference moderation A conferencing system provides automated conference moderation at appropriate times to suppress disorder in an on-going conference. According to particular embodiments, a conference bridge provides multi-mode speaker selection to provide automated conference moderat... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7313593 | Method and apparatus for providing full duplex and multipoint IP audio streaming A conference server enables collaborative communications among a variety of client processes of varying configurations all operatively coupled over a computer network to each other and to the server. The server receives audio streams from participating client proces... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7245933 | Method and apparatus for multicasting in a wireless communication system In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention all remote units (113–118) participating in a group call can actively transmit uplink communications to their respective base stations (101–102) via low-data rate traffic channels... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239639 | System and method for dynamically constructing packet classification rules A system and method classifies packets with a programmably fixed network processor program and dynamically updated data structures. The network processor program selects predetermined packet field values of the packets transmitted across the network and classifies t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7200396 | Managing group voice communication in telecommunications system The present solution relates to a telecommunications system where information is maintained of communication groups available to a user terminal (UE). A communication server (PoC server) of the system is able to receive a request message (3-1) sent by ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185109 | Recursive discovery of CDP type of nodes in a network of various node types A method and system is disclosed for automatically discovering Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) nodes a network in real time. The discover process transmits a signal from a network manager to a first CDP node of the network. The signal requests information regarding a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7149515 | Vocoder selection method Transcoding needs and selection are performed by a central call control function (17, 35). Each transcoder (18, 23, 34, 36) registers with the appropriate call control (17, 35). The call control then determines whether a vocoder is required at a... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7130280 | Enhanced call service packet data terminal In communication system (200), a packet data terminal (102) (e.g., personal computer (PC), personal digital assistant (PDA), telephone, mobile radiotelephone, network access device, Internet peripheral, and the like) initiates, coordinates, and control... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7095715 | System and method for processing network packet flows A system and method provides a broadband network node for a best effort network such as the Internet or intranets which supports the inexpensive and rapid deployment of services to the best efforts network. Separate data path and control path mechanisms allow high-s... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7058026 | Internet teleconferencing A conferencing system includes an input configured to receive N encoded speech signals from N terminals, and a signal processing arrangement configured to determine L encoded signals, of the N encoded speech signals, each indicative of an amount of sound that is lou... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054424 | Audio conferencing method using scalable architecture An audio conferencing apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a data bus, such as a TDM bus, a controller, and an interface circuit that receives audio signals from a plurality of conference participants and provides digitized audio signals in assigned time slo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046780 | Efficient buffer allocation for current and predicted active speakers in voice conferencing systems A method and computer program product allows for the efficient allocation of buffers (e.g., first-in first-out (FIFO) queues) for current and predicted active speakers in voice conferencing systems. The method and computer program product, implemented by a server ho... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7010315 | Method and apparatus for assigning a remote unit a channel within a communication system During a group call, each remote unit (113–118) receives a downlink supplemental transmission (109–110) that contains high-speed data (e.g., video). A single supplemental channel is utilized for each base station (101–102). On the uplink s... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6973055 | Network with several network clusters for wireless transmission of packets A network has several network clusters each including at least one wireless network node which is designed for the wireless transmission of packets in time slots of given length in a time multiplex process. The length of the packets has at least a value which is sma... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6961416 | Internet-enabled conferencing system and method accommodating PSTN and IP traffic A system for conferencing callers includes a time division multiplexed (TDM) bus. A public switched telephone network (PSTN) interface node that is coupled to the TDM bus receives PSTN signals from a PSTN caller and communicates corresponding information in a first ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6956828 | 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 con... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6948013 | Apparatus and method for configuring data cells An apparatus is provided for configuring data cells received in a telecommunications process in a continuous stream of data cells of fixed length and each comprising a header and a user data part. The apparatus comprises a processing unit, adapted and configured so ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944137 | Method and apparatus for a talkgroup call in a wireless communication system In a wireless code-division multiple access (CDMA) system (100), a talkgroup (101) of subscriber units is provided. A sub-talkgroup (102) of subscriber units, forming a part of the talkgroup is assigned at least one inbound channel (416-417 | 09/13/2005 |
| 6928063 | Method and apparatus for providing a dispatch patch service in a CDMA communication system In general, the present invention discloses a method and an apparatus that provide a dispatch patch service in a CDMA communication system (100). A communication unit (103) involved in a dispatch call requests a base site (101) to patch a patch ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6850496 | Virtual conference room for voice conferencing A system and method are disclosed for packet voice conferencing. The system and method divide a conferencing presentation sound field into sectors, and allocate one or more sectors to each conferencing endpoint. At some point between capture and playout, the voice d... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6847618 | Method and system for distributed conference bridge processing The present invention provides a method and system for distributed conference bridge processing in Voice over IP telephony. A distributed conference bridge multi-casts mixed audio content of a conference call in a way that reduces replication work at the mixing devi... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6748428 | Device operation management method, a manager device, a program supply medium for supplying a device operation management program, an controller device, and an electronic device In a network connected with a plurality of electronic devices 11 to 16, an electronic device 13 as a leader inquires about system resource capacities from electronic devices 11 and 14 which can become controllers, in a step S1 | 06/08/2004 |
| 6731610 | Data communication system and apparatus A data communication system includes a plurality of terminal apparatuses #1-#n for periodically transmitting data and retrieving desired data accommodated in at least one time slot in received multiplex data, and a data storage and distribution apparatus for ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6662211 | Method and system for providing conferencing services in a telecommunications system A method and apparatus for providing unified conferencing services in a telecommunications system is described. A DSP chip in the system contains an internal CPU and on-chip memory storage device. The CPU is programmed such that when a conference has been... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6654455 | IP conference telephone system compatible with IP-PBX systems An IP (Internet Protocol) conference telephone system feasible for an IP-PBX (Private Branch Exchange) includes a communication control connected to an IP network. When a connection for a conference is set up between a plurality of telephones accommodated... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6546007 | Time-slot interchanger that controls both time-slot access and signal-processing features A time-slot interchanger (TSI 100) is used to control both time-slot access and distribution of signals to physical or virtual signal-processing circuits (106-116). The TSI includes a control table (200) with an entry (202) for each time slot, that specif... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6418125 | Unified mixing, speaker selection, and jitter buffer management for multi-speaker packet audio systems A receiver manages multiple speakers in a packet network telephone call. A packet gateway receives audio packets from the multiple speakers over the packet network. Memory in each receiver stores the audio packets and information about the multiple speake... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6275474 | Private digital communication apparatus for interconnecting a plurality of elements The invention relates to a private digital communication apparatus for interconnecting a plurality of interface modules which communicate through a common bus. In particular, it concerns a multipoint apparatus which uses a two-wire cable as a bus, and the... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6205124 | Multipoint digital simultaneous voice and data system A multipoint conferencing system communicates with a first remote digital simultaneous voice and data (DSVD) modem and a second DSVD modem. The multipoint conferencing system has a first DSVD modem adapted to communicate with the first remote DSVD modem a... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6199136 | Method and apparatus for a low data-rate network to be represented on and controllable by high data-rate home audio/video interoperability (HAVi) network A PC-based home automation system uses a low data-rate transport layer and COM-based software components for control of devices in a home automation network. The home automation system is merged with a messaging-based HAVi-network that uses IEEE 1394 as a... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6115388 | Establishment of multiple low-rate inbound signaling links in CDMA dispatch system A quality dispatch service on a CDMA based wireless system. To achieve spectral efficiency and fast access for follow-up calls, in response to a request by a talkgroup member to have a group call established, the non-requesting (listening-only) members ar... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6091714 | Programmable distributed digital switch system A distributed digital switching system is provided that includes a plurality of service controllers (20) which are interconnected to each other through a network (10). A network arbitrator is provided that controls the flow of traffic on the network (10).... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6069878 | TDM digital matrix intercom system A time division multiplexing ("TDM") digital matrix intercom system for connecting intercom stations. The system includes a digital switching system receiving audio input communications signals from at least some of the intercom stations, and sending audi... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6005848 | Method and apparatus for a talkgroup call in a wireless CDMA system In a wireless code-division multiple access (CDMA) system (100), a talkgroup (101) of subscriber units is provided. A sub-group (102) of subscriber units, forming a part of the talkgroup is assigned at least one inbound code (416-417). The entire talkgrou... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5898676 | Method, communication system and conference unit for carrying out conferences It is proposed to use several distributed conference units (KE1, KE2) in a conference system (KS) for carrying out conferences, particularly broadband conferences, and to mix the signals (S1 . . . S4). The signals (S1 . . . S4) from subscriber stations (T... | 04/27/1999 |
