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Telecommunication conferencing system and method

  • US 6,262,979 B1
  • Filed: 12/01/1998
  • Issued: 07/17/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A telecommunication conferencing system, comprising:

  • a network;

    at least three telecommunication devices connected to the network, each telecommunication device engaging in a concurrent telephonic communication and including;

    an I/O device in electrical communication with the network for receiving and sending packets to other devices connected to the network;

    an input device for producing audio signals from an input local to the telecommunication device;

    a packet controller in electrical communication with the I/O device and the input device, the packet controller (a) generating packets from the audio signals received by the input device, (b) forwarding the generated packets to the I/O device for transmission to the network, and (c) combining packets received by the I/O device and the generated packets from audio signals from the input local to the telecommunication device and producing an audio signal with the combined packets.

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