Method of improving conferencing in telephony
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1. An improved method for providing conferencing capability between a plurality of telephone terminals, comprising:
- (a) originating a telephone conference between a host telephone terminal and two other telephone terminals;
(b) in a microprocessor in said host telephone terminal, processing signals emanating from said two other telephone terminals to detect active talker signals issuing from said two other telephone terminals and said host terminal;
(c) declaring only two conferee signals from two of said active talker signals; and
(d) causing said conferee signals to be transmitted to telephone terminals other than their own while causing signals not declared conferee signals to be inactive;
said steps being carried out exclusively in said microprocessor without use of dedicated hardware and without use of an external conference bridge.
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Abstract
A conferencing method not requiring additional or dedicated hardware in a processor controlled telephone terminal, nor requiring an external conference bridge, is provided by one of the terminals designating the conference, processing signals from two other conferees and delaying only two of the conferees active talkers at any given time. The two active conferees do not receive their own signal. An active conferee remains declared active during a dynamic hangover time, which varies between a minimum and a maximum corresponding to the activity time of the conferee.
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1. An improved method for providing conferencing capability between a plurality of telephone terminals, comprising:
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(a) originating a telephone conference between a host telephone terminal and two other telephone terminals;
(b) in a microprocessor in said host telephone terminal, processing signals emanating from said two other telephone terminals to detect active talker signals issuing from said two other telephone terminals and said host terminal;
(c) declaring only two conferee signals from two of said active talker signals; and
(d) causing said conferee signals to be transmitted to telephone terminals other than their own while causing signals not declared conferee signals to be inactive;
said steps being carried out exclusively in said microprocessor without use of dedicated hardware and without use of an external conference bridge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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