Method and system for participant control of privacy during multiparty communication sessions
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1. A method for participant control of privacy during a multiparty communication connection, comprising:
- receiving a request from a first participant to the multiparty communication connection for a sidebar between the first participant and a second participant to the multiparty communication connection; and
providing the sidebar by altering the spatial positioning of voice streams generated by a set of remaining participants to the multiparty communication connection relative to a voice stream of the other participant to the sidebar in conference output streams generated for the first and second participants.
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Abstract
A method and system for participant control of privacy during a multiparty communication session includes receiving a request from a first participant to a multiparty communication connection for a sidebar between the first participant and a second participant to the multiparty communication connection. The sidebar is provided by at least substantially eliminating voice streams generated by the first participant and the second participant from conference output streams generated for a set of remaining participants to the multiparty communication connection.
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1. A method for participant control of privacy during a multiparty communication connection, comprising:
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receiving a request from a first participant to the multiparty communication connection for a sidebar between the first participant and a second participant to the multiparty communication connection; and providing the sidebar by altering the spatial positioning of voice streams generated by a set of remaining participants to the multiparty communication connection relative to a voice stream of the other participant to the sidebar in conference output streams generated for the first and second participants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for participant control of privacy during a multiparty communication connection, comprising:
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logic encoded on media; and the logic operable to receive a request from a first participant for a sidebar between the first participant and a second participant and to provide the sidebar by altering the spatial positioning of voice streams generated by a set of remaining participants to the multiparty communication connection relative to a voice stream of the other participant to the sidebar in conference output streams generated for the first and second participants. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for participant control of privacy during a multiparty communication connection, comprising:
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means for receiving a request from a first participant to the multiparty communication connection for a sidebar between the first participant and a second participant to the multiparty communication connection; and means for providing the sidebar by altering the spatial positioning of voice streams generated by a set of remaining participants to the multiparty communication connection relative to a voice stream of the other participant to the sidebar in conference output streams generated for the first and second participants.
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18. A method for participant control of privacy during a multiparty communication connection, comprising:
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receiving a request from a first participant to the multiparty communication connection for a sidebar between the first participant and a second participant to the multiparty communication connection; and providing the sidebar by; substantially eliminating voice streams generated by the first participant and the second participant from conference output streams generated for a set of remaining participants to the multiparty communication connection; and at least substantially eliminating voice streams generated by the set of remaining participants from conference output streams generated for the first and second participants. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A system for participant control of privacy during a multiparty communication connection, comprising:
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logic encoded on media; and the logic operable to receive a request from a first participant to the multiparty communication connection for a sidebar between the first participant and a second participant to the multiparty communication connection and to provide the sidebar by; substantially eliminating voice streams generated by the first participant and the second participant from conference output streams generated for a set of remaining participants to the multiparty communication connection; and at least substantially eliminating voice streams generated by the set of remaining participants from conference output streams generated for the first and second participants. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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