Voice conference apparatus, voice conference system and method for realizing a voice conference
First Claim
1. A voice conference apparatus comprising:
- at least one base conference block comprising three or more signal ports, each including an input for a digitalized voice signal and an output for a digitalized voice signal,wherein a base conference block is formed such that, at a signal port, optionally a terminal or another base conference block may be coupled using a coupler for realizing a voice conference apparatus extended with respect to the number of participants or in terms of space, andwherein a base conference block is formed to enable a voice conference among the terminals or base conference blocks coupled thereto; and
a remote coupler formed to couple a base conference block with at least one other spatially remote base conference block in order to enable a spatially extended voice conference,wherein the remote coupler is further formed for a transmission of synchronization information in order to synchronize transmitting cycles of mobile units in contact with various voice conference apparatuses.
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Abstract
A voice conference apparatus consists of at least one base conference block having three or more signal ports, each including an input for a digitalized voice signal and an output for a digitalized voice signal, wherein a base conference block is configured such that, at a signal port, optionally a terminal or another base conference block may be coupled up using a coupler for the realization of a voice conference apparatus extended with respect to the number of participants or in terms of space, and wherein a base conference block is configured to enable a voice conference among the terminals or base conference blocks coupled thereto, and a remote coupler configured to couple a base conference block with at least one other spatially remote base conference block in order to enable a spatially extended voice conference. A voice conference system may be composed of at least two spatially separate voice conference apparatuses and is structured in a decentralized and modular way and is flexibly extensible.
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29 Claims
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1. A voice conference apparatus comprising:
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at least one base conference block comprising three or more signal ports, each including an input for a digitalized voice signal and an output for a digitalized voice signal, wherein a base conference block is formed such that, at a signal port, optionally a terminal or another base conference block may be coupled using a coupler for realizing a voice conference apparatus extended with respect to the number of participants or in terms of space, and wherein a base conference block is formed to enable a voice conference among the terminals or base conference blocks coupled thereto; and a remote coupler formed to couple a base conference block with at least one other spatially remote base conference block in order to enable a spatially extended voice conference, wherein the remote coupler is further formed for a transmission of synchronization information in order to synchronize transmitting cycles of mobile units in contact with various voice conference apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A voice conference system comprising:
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at least two spatially separate base conference blocks comprising three or more signal ports, each including an input for a digitalized voice signal and an output for a digitalized voice signal, wherein a base conference block is formed such that, at a signal port, optionally a terminal or another base conference block may be coupled using a coupler for the realization of a voice conference apparatus extended with respect to the number of participants or in terms of space; and a remote coupler via which the base conference blocks are coupled to one another, wherein the remote coupler is further formed for a transmission of synchronization information in order to synchronize transmitting cycles of mobile units in contact with various base conference blocks. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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