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Voice-coded in-band data for interactive calls

US8909517B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 2012
Grant dateDec 9, 2014
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M11/066
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A voice-coded in-band communication device monitors a voice-coded channel to detect data to present to a user. During operation, the communication device can detect a data-encoding signal from the voice-coded channel, such that the voice-coded channel can carry an audio signal that includes a voice signal and the data-encoding signal. The device decodes the data-encoding signal to detect a data element. The data element can include information that is to be presented to a local user, a request from a remote device for information about the local user, or information that the system can use to establish a peer-to-peer connection with the remote device over a separate data channel. The device can also generate a filtered audio signal to present to the user by removing the detected data-encoding signal from the voice-coded channel, and then reproduces the filtered audio signal for the user.

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