TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A method for enabling a remote conversation management device to manage conversations on a first communication device, comprising:
- maintaining a gateway node;
maintaining a first interface at the gateway node to enable the gateway node to receive conversation control information from the remote conversation management device;
maintaining a second interface at the gateway node to couple the gateway node to a communication network, the communication network configured to support a conversation between a first communication device and one or more other communication devices over the communication network;
storing in a message buffer the media of the conversation as the media is received from the communication network, the message buffer configured to receive over the second interface media of the conversation;
receiving the conversation control information from the remote conversation management device through the first interface; and
managing the rendering of the media of the conversation for the first communication device in response to the received control information by controlling the timing of when the media of the conversation is (i) retrieved from the message buffer and (ii) transmitted over the communication network to the first communication device.
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Abstract
A remote conversation management device to manage conversations on a first communication device. The method includes maintaining a gateway node having a first interface to enable the gateway node to receive conversation control information from the remote conversation management device and a second interface to couple the gateway node to a communication network, where the communication network is configured to support a conversation between a first communication device and one or more other communication devices over the communication network. The method further includes storing in a message buffer the media of the conversation as the media is received through the second interface from the communication network and receiving conversation control information from the remote conversation management device through the first interface. The method further includes managing the rendering of the media of the conversation for the first communication device in response to the received control information from the remote conversation management device by controlling the timing of when the media of the conversation is (i) retrieved from the message buffer and (ii) transmitted over the communication network to the first communication device.
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1. A method for enabling a remote conversation management device to manage conversations on a first communication device, comprising:
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maintaining a gateway node; maintaining a first interface at the gateway node to enable the gateway node to receive conversation control information from the remote conversation management device; maintaining a second interface at the gateway node to couple the gateway node to a communication network, the communication network configured to support a conversation between a first communication device and one or more other communication devices over the communication network; storing in a message buffer the media of the conversation as the media is received from the communication network, the message buffer configured to receive over the second interface media of the conversation; receiving the conversation control information from the remote conversation management device through the first interface; and managing the rendering of the media of the conversation for the first communication device in response to the received control information by controlling the timing of when the media of the conversation is (i) retrieved from the message buffer and (ii) transmitted over the communication network to the first communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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