Ease of Use Feature for Audio Communications Within Chat Conferences
First Claim
1. A method to communicate aurally during a chat conference, the method comprising:
- receiving through a user interface for the chat conference a designation of a participant in the chat conference;
receiving through the user interface for the chat conference a command to capture audio;
capturing audio; and
transmitting the captured audio to the participant based upon the designation.
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Abstract
Methods and arrangements to communicate aurally during a chat conference are contemplated. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to communicate aurally during a chat conference by receiving through a user interface for the chat conference the designation of a participant in the chat conference, receiving through the user interface for the chat conference a command to capture audio, capturing audio, and transmitting the captured audio to the participant based upon the designation of the participant. In some embodiments, a participant may be designated by a mouse click on a name representing the participant. In some embodiments, the command to capture audio may be expressed by holding down a mouse button. In alternate embodiments, the command to capture audio may be expressed by a pop-up menu. In further embodiments, the captured audio may be stored and transmitted to additional participants.
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20 Claims
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1. A method to communicate aurally during a chat conference, the method comprising:
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receiving through a user interface for the chat conference a designation of a participant in the chat conference; receiving through the user interface for the chat conference a command to capture audio; capturing audio; and transmitting the captured audio to the participant based upon the designation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus to communicate aurally during a chat conference, the apparatus comprising:
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an audio client module to transmit audio to designated participants; and a chat conference client module to relay text messages among chat conference participants;
the chat conference module comprising;a chat conference user interface coupled to the audio client module to present to conference participants a list of chat conference participants and to receive commands to transmit audio to designated participants. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A machine-accessible medium containing instructions to communicate aurally during a chat conference which, when the instructions are executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform operations, comprising:
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receiving through a user interface for the chat conference a designation of a participant in the chat conference; receiving through the user interface for the chat conference a command to capture audio; capturing audio; and transmitting the captured audio to the participant based upon to the designation. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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