Telephone conference bridge provided via a plurality of computer telephony resource algorithms

• US 20030185369A1
• Filed: 03/29/2002
• Published: 10/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Rhemtulla, Amin F., Oliver, Neal C.
• Application Number:
  US10/112,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20030185369A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/202.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/568 audio processing specific to telephonic conferencing, e.g. spatial distribution, mixing of participants echo suppression in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/02; sound field processing per se H04S7/30

Abstract

According to some embodiments, a telephone conference bridge is provided via a plurality of computer telephone resource algorithms.

Claims

1. A method of facilitating communication, comprising:

receiving information associated with a plurality of computer telephony resource algorithms; and

arranging to provide a conference bridge using the plurality of resource algorithms.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving and arranging are performed by a computer telephony server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the conference bridge enables communication between a plurality of call channel resources.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the conference bridge is provided via a distributed processing network.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

dynamically adjusting the conference bridge via at least one of;

(i) removing resource algorithms, and (ii) adding resource algorithms.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of resource algorithms is associated with at least one of:

(i) an echo cancellation algorithm, (ii) a self-cancellation algorithm, (iii) a dual tone multi-frequency detection algorithm, (iv) a dual tone multi-frequency clamping algorithm, (v) an automatic gain control algorithm, (vi) a speech level algorithm, (vii) an active speaker detection algorithm, (viii) a volume control algorithm, and (ix) a summing algorithm.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the received information includes registration information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving comprises receiving the information from at least one of:

(i) a signal processing component and (ii) a signal processing component factory.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said arranging comprises:

transmitting reservation information to the plurality of resource algorithms; and

dynamically constructing the conference bridge via a resource graph including the plurality of resource algorithms.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said constructing comprises defining interconnections between the plurality of resource algorithms to create the resource graph.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the interconnections indicate that an output port of a first resource algorithm provides a media stream to an input port of a second resource algorithm.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said arranging is performed for a media application via a control plane service provider interface.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving and arranging are performed by a signal processing component factory.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a storage device adapted to communicate with said processor and storing instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to;

receiving information associated with a plurality of computer telephony resource algorithms, and

arrange to provide a conference bridge using the plurality of resource algorithms.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said processor is further adapted to communicate with at least one of:

(i) a communication device, (ii) a communication controller, (iii) a call channel resource, (iv) a client application, (v) a computer telephony server, (vi) a signal processing component, and (vii) a signal processing component factory.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor dynamically constructs the conference bridge via a resource graph including the plurality of resource algorithms.

17. A medium storing instructions adapted to be executed by a processor to perform a method of facilitating communication, said method comprising:

receiving information associated with a plurality of computer telephony resource algorithms; and

arranging to provide a conference bridge using the plurality of resource algorithms.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein said arranging comprises dynamically constructing the conference bridge via a resource graph including the plurality of resource algorithms.

19. A computer-implemented method of facilitating telephone communication, comprising:

receiving from a media application a request for a telephone conference bridge;

receiving registration information associated with a plurality of signal processing components;

transmitting reservation information to the signal processing components;

constructing the telephone conference bridge via a resource graph by defining interconnections between the signal processing components; and

adjusting the telephone conference bridge based on information received from the media application.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein at least one signal processing component is associated with at least one of:

(i) an echo cancellation resource, (ii) a self-cancellation resource, (iii) a dual tone multi-frequency detection resource, (iv) a dual tone multifrequency clamping resource, (v) an automatic gain control resource, (vi) a speech level resource, (vii) an active speaker detection resource, (viii) a volume control resource, and (ix) a summing resource.