FACILITATION OF A CONFERENCE CALL

• US 20110069140A1
• Filed: 05/21/2009
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Services Corporation (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Ortel, William Charles Gormley
• Granted Patent: US 8,498,389 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.08
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/41 using speaker recognition speaker recognition per se G10L17/00
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems

Abstract

There is provided a system for facilitating a conference call. The system includes a module to generate a real-time voiceprint from a voice input of a participant in the conference call, and a module to provide information indicative of the participant based on the real-time voiceprint.

Claims

1. A system for facilitating a conference call, comprising:

a module to generate a real-time voiceprint from a voice input of a participant in said conference call; and

a module to provide information indicative of said participant based on said real-time voiceprint.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said information causes a display to show a representation of said participant.

3. The system of claim 2,

wherein said participant is a first participant,

wherein said display also shows a representation of a second participant in said conference call, and

wherein said information causes said display to show a relationship between said first participant and said second participant.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said information indicates an identity of said participant.

5. A system for facilitating a conference call, said system comprising:

a module to generate a real-time voiceprint from a voice input of a participant in said conference call; and

a module to determine whether said real-time voiceprint matches a reference voiceprint.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising a module to provide information indicative of said participant based on said determination.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said information causes a display to show a representation of said participant.

8. The system of claim 5, further comprising a module to store said reference voiceprint to a memory that is utilized by said module to determine whether said real-time voiceprint matches a reference voiceprint.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said module to store said reference voiceprint obtains said reference voiceprint from a library of reference voiceprints.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said module to store said reference voiceprint obtains said reference voiceprint from said library upon initiation of said conference call.

11. The system of claim 5, further comprising a module to refine said reference voiceprint during said conference call based on said real-time voiceprint.

12. A system for facilitating a conference call, comprising:

a module to generate a first voiceprint from a first voice input during said call and to generate a second voiceprint from a second voice input during said call; and

a module to determine whether said second voiceprint matches said first voiceprint.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising a module to provide information indicative of said participant based on said determination.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said information causes said display to show a representation of said participant.

15. A storage media that contains instructions for controlling a processor to facilitate a conference call, said storage media comprising:

instructions to control said processor to generate a real-time voiceprint from a voice input of a participant in said conference call; and

instructions to control said processor to provide information indicative of said participant based on said real-time voiceprint.

16. The storage media of claim 15, wherein said information causes a display to show a representation of said participant.

17. A storage media that contains instructions for controlling a processor to facilitate a conference call, said storage media comprising:

instructions to control said processor to generate a real-time voiceprint from a voice input of a participant in said conference call; and

instructions to control said processor to determine whether said real-time voiceprint matches a reference voiceprint.

18. The storage media of claim 17, further comprising instructions to control said processor to provide information indicative of said participant based on said determination.

19. The storage media of claim 18, wherein said information causes a display to show a representation of said participant.

20. A storage media that contains instructions for controlling a processor to facilitate a conference call, said storage media comprising:

instructions to control said processor to generate a first voiceprint from a first voice input during said call and to generate a second voiceprint from a second voice input during said call; and

instructions to control said processor to determine whether said second voiceprint matches said first voiceprint.

21. The storage media of claim 20, further comprising instructions to control said processor to provide information indicative of said participant based on said determination.

22. The storage media of claim 21, wherein said information causes a display to show a representation of said participant.