Multiple voice channel communications
First Claim
1. Apparatus for managing a communications system having a plurality of voice channels and a user terminal for receiving at least one of the voice channels, the apparatus comprising:
- a receiving element for receiving a plurality of conference voice channels;
a controller for identifying one of the conference voice channels to be monitored;
an event detection element for detecting the presence of a predeterminable event in the identified conference voice channel; and
wherein the apparatus is configured, in response to the detection of a predeterminable event, to transmit an alert to a user terminal and allow a user to switch the identified voice channel to the user terminal and join a conference.
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided apparatus for controlling a communications system having a plurality of voice channels and a user terminal for receiving at least one of the voice channels comprising: a receiving element for receiving a plurality of the voice channels, a controller for identifying one of the voice channels to be monitored, an event detection element for detecting the presence of a predeterminable event in the identified voice channel, and an alert generator for generating an alert when the predetermined event is detected.
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25 Claims
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1. Apparatus for managing a communications system having a plurality of voice channels and a user terminal for receiving at least one of the voice channels, the apparatus comprising:
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a receiving element for receiving a plurality of conference voice channels; a controller for identifying one of the conference voice channels to be monitored; an event detection element for detecting the presence of a predeterminable event in the identified conference voice channel; and wherein the apparatus is configured, in response to the detection of a predeterminable event, to transmit an alert to a user terminal and allow a user to switch the identified voice channel to the user terminal and join a conference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of managing a communications system having a plurality of voice channels and a user terminal for receiving at least one of the voice channels comprising:
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receiving a plurality of conference voice channels; identifying one of the conference voice channels to be monitored; detecting the presence of a predeterminable event in the identified conference voice channel; transmitting an alert to a user terminal; and in response to the detection of the presence of the predeterminable event, allowing a user to switch the identified voice channel to the user terminal and join a conference. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. Apparatus for managing a telecommunications system having a plurality of voice channels and a user terminal for receiving at least one of the voice channels, the apparatus comprising:
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a receiving element for receiving a plurality of conference voice channels; a controller for identifying one of the conference voice channels to be monitored; a speech recognition engine for detecting the presence of a predeterminable keyword in the identified conference voice channel; and an alert generator for generating an alert at a user terminal when the predeterminable keyword is detected; and wherein the apparatus is configured, in response to the alert, to allow a user to join a conference by switching the identified conference voice channel to the user terminal.
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