SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN A MULTIPLE USER COMMUNICATION SESSION
First Claim
1. A method for identifying an active participant in a multiple participant communication session, the method comprising:
- receiving participant identification information for each participant on a multiple participant communication session from a conference calling system to an electronic device, wherein the participant identification information includes an unique identifier and an address associated with each participant;
receiving an audio signal from a conference calling system, wherein the audio signal is in a packet form and includes the unique identifier associated with at least one of the plurality of participants that originated the audio signal;
identifying an active participant that originated the audio signal based at least in part on a comparison between the unique identifier contained in the audio signal and the participant identification information received from the conference calling system; and
outputting the audio signal and/or a graphical representation of the active participant in a predetermined manner based on the identification of the active participant that originated the audio signals.
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Abstract
Participants of a conference call dial in to or are invited to participate in a conference by a central conference calling center. Participant identification information is transmitted from the conference calling center to each of the participants. The participant identification information includes an unique identifier and an address associated with each of the participants of the conference call. Audio signals received at an electronic device are interrogated to identify the participant that originated the audio signals (the active participant). The audio signals and/or a graphical representation of the active participant is output in a predetermined manner based on the identification of the active participant that originated the audio signals.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for identifying an active participant in a multiple participant communication session, the method comprising:
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receiving participant identification information for each participant on a multiple participant communication session from a conference calling system to an electronic device, wherein the participant identification information includes an unique identifier and an address associated with each participant; receiving an audio signal from a conference calling system, wherein the audio signal is in a packet form and includes the unique identifier associated with at least one of the plurality of participants that originated the audio signal; identifying an active participant that originated the audio signal based at least in part on a comparison between the unique identifier contained in the audio signal and the participant identification information received from the conference calling system; and outputting the audio signal and/or a graphical representation of the active participant in a predetermined manner based on the identification of the active participant that originated the audio signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electronic device comprising:
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a radio for receiving participant identification information and audio signals from a conference calling center, wherein the participant identification information includes an unique identifier and an address associated with each participant of a multiple participant communication session and the audio signals correspond to at least one participant of the conference call, wherein the audio signals are in a packet form and includes the unique identifier associated with at least one of the participants that originated the audio signals; at least one output device for outputting at least one of a graphical representation or the audio signals to an associated user of the electronic device; and a controller coupled to the radio and the at least one output device, wherein the controller identifies an active participant of the conference call that originated the audio signal from the identification information contained in the audio signals and the controller outputs the at least one of the audio signals and/or the graphical representation of the active participant in a predetermined manner based on the identification of the active participant that originated the audio signals. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for identifying an active participant in a multiple user communication session, the method comprising:
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receiving a signal from each of a plurality of electronic devices, wherein each of the electronic devices is associated with a user desiring to participate in a conference call; generating an unique identifier for each of the plurality of electronic devices; storing an address for each of the plurality of electronic devices based on the received signal associated with each of the plurality of associated users; associating the unique identifier with the address for each of the plurality of electronic devices; establishing a central communication link between a conference calling center and each of the plurality of electronic devices, wherein the communication link includes a control signaling channel and a media signaling channel; distributing participant identification information to each of the plurality of electronic devices, wherein the participant information includes the unique identifier and the address associated with each participant; receiving a media packet from one of the associated users, wherein the media packet includes voice data associated with an active participant; inserting the unique identifier in the media packet, wherein the unique identifier is associated with the active participant; and transmitting the media packet containing the unique identifier to non-active participants of the multiple party communication session, wherein the unique identifier in the packet may be used to identify the active participant.
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