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Simultaneous language interpretation during ongoing video conferencing

US9160967B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 13, 2012
Grant dateOct 13, 2015
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Expiry dateJan 1, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2242/12
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A video conference session is established between a plurality of meeting clients, where each meeting client includes a computing device that communicates via a network and at least one host server with computing devices of other meeting clients. A presenter is established for the video conference session, where the presenter includes at least one of the meeting clients, and audio and video content generated from the presenter is provided to other meeting clients within a base room of the video conference session, where the presenter provides audio content to the base room in a first language. In response to at least one meeting client selecting a translation of the audio content from the presenter from the first language into a second language, audio content is provided to the at least one meeting client in the second language during the ongoing video conference session.

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