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Conferencing bridge

US4797876A · kind A · utility

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36Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 10, 1987
Grant dateJan 10, 1989
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/568
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A conferencing bridge is provided for an electronic telephone system to support telephone conversations involving three or more parties. The conferencing bridge implements a conferencing algorithm using simple arithmetic operations. The conferencing bridge circuitry implements the algorithm by summing each party's contribution to the conference deriving a grand total, and subtracting each party's contribution from the grand total.

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