Audio conferencing bridge

• US 20080043964A1
• Filed: 07/16/2007
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Virtualdesign Net Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Virtualdesign Net Incorporated
• Inventors: Deboy, Scott, Majors, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US11/879,096
• Publication Number:
  US 20080043964A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/202.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/5054 Meet-me conference, i.e. participants dial-in
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656
• 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

Abstract

A conferencing system that synchronizes an audio file from audio conferencing bridge with a video file from the conferencing system.

Claims

1. A conferencing system comprising:

(a) said conferencing system including video conferencing to facilitate multiple users simultaneously sharing a video stream, and storing said video stream in a video file;

(b) an audio conferencing bridge to facilitate said multiple users simultaneously sharing audio communication and storing said audio communication in an audio file, where said audio conferencing bridge is separate from said conferencing system;

(c) synchronizing said audio file and said video file with one another;

(d) playing said audio file and video file together to a user of said conferencing system.

2. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein said audio conferencing bridge includes PSTN.

3. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein said audio conferencing bridge includes IP telephony.

4. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein said audio file is stored by the entity providing said audio conferencing bridge.

5. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein said conferencing system includes an interface to facilitate said synchronization of said audio file and said video file with one another.

6. The conferencing system of claim 5 wherein said interface of said conferencing system facilitates multiple parts of said audio file and said video file to be synchronized with one another.