System and method for establishing a conference in two or more different languages
US8041018B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2203/2061
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
System and method for conferencing communication devices associated with participants conversant in different languages has a system for connecting communication devices with one or more other communication devices where each communication device is associated with one of a plurality of different languages, and one of the different languages is designated as the main language. The system in response to receiving a request for a conference call, connects two or more of the communication devices in a conference call when two or more of said communication devices are associated with the main language, connects each of the communication devices associated with a different language than the main language with the communication device of an interpreter selected for interpreting between the different language and the main language, and then connects the communication device of the interpreter for each of the different languages than the main language to the conference call.
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