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Method and apparatus for identifying conversing pairs over a two-way speech medium

US7822604B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Lisa Amini · Yorktown Heights, US
Eric Bouillet · Hawthorne, US
Olivier Verscheure · Hopewell Junction, US
Michail Vlachos · Thalwil, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2006
Grant date	Oct 26, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 25, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10L25/78
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for identifying a conversing pair of users of a two-way speech medium includes receiving a plurality of binary voice activity streams, where the plurality of voice activity streams includes a first voice activity stream associated with a first user, and pairing the first voice activity stream with a second voice activity stream associated with a second user, in accordance with a complementary similarity between the first voice activity stream and the second voice activity stream.

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