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System and method for identifying a participant during a conference call

US6853716B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 16, 2001
Grant dateFeb 8, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2201/41
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for identifying a participant during a conference call include the capability to receive a packet containing data that represents audible sounds spoken by one of a plurality of participants in a conference call and to determine a speaker of the audible sounds using voice profile information of the participants. The system and method further include the capability to provide identification information of the speaker to the other participants in the conference call contemporaneously with providing audible sounds based on the data to those participants.

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