AUDIO TRANSFORMS IN CONNECTION WITH MULTIPARTY COMMUNICATION
First Claim
1. A computer implemented system that preprocesses audio portions of communication to enrich multiparty communication environments, comprising:
- a connection component that hosts or joins a multiparty communication session in which at least one party is a remote party;
an interface component that provides a public channel and further provides a private channel; and
an audio transformation component that applies an audio transform to an audio portion of a communication over the public channel or the private channel in order to preprocesses the audio portion prior to presentation or transmission of the communication by the interface component, the transform applied is based upon a target audience of the communication.
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can preprocess audio portions of communications in order to enrich multiparty communication sessions or environments. In particular, the architecture can provide both a public channel for public communications that are received by substantially all connected parties and can further provide a private channel for private communications that are received by a selected subset of all connected parties. Most particularly, the architecture can apply an audio transform to communications that occur during the multiparty communication session based upon a target audience of the communication. By way of illustration, the architecture can apply a whisper transform to private communications, an emotion transform based upon relationships, an ambience or spatial transform based upon physical locations, or a pace transform based upon lack of presence.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented system that preprocesses audio portions of communication to enrich multiparty communication environments, comprising:
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a connection component that hosts or joins a multiparty communication session in which at least one party is a remote party; an interface component that provides a public channel and further provides a private channel; and an audio transformation component that applies an audio transform to an audio portion of a communication over the public channel or the private channel in order to preprocesses the audio portion prior to presentation or transmission of the communication by the interface component, the transform applied is based upon a target audience of the communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for enriching multiparty communication environments based upon acoustic preprocessing, comprising:
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facilitating a multiparty communication session for communicatively connecting at least three participants; providing a public channel for presenting or transmitting a public communication received by substantially all connected participants; providing a private channel for presenting or transmitting a private communication received by a select subset of all connected participants; and employing a processor for applying an audio transform to an audio portion of a communication propagated by way of the public channel or the private channel based upon a target audience of the communication. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A computer implemented system that preprocesses audio streams with a whisper transform in order to enrich multiparty communication environments, comprising:
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a connection component that hosts a multiparty communication session in which at least one party is a remote party; an interface component that maintains a public channel that propagates public communication to substantially all connected parties; and
that further maintains a private channel that propagates private communication to a selected subset of all connected parties; andan audio transformation component that applies a whisper transform to an audio portion of the private communication, the whisper transform employs speech processing techniques to convert normal speech input into simulated whispered output that corresponds to the normal speech.
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