Keyword alerting in conference calls
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving by a data-processing system a first signal, wherein the first signal specifies (i) a keyword, and (ii) a non-empty set S of people who participate in a conference call C, and wherein the first signal indicates that a user of a telecommunications terminal who is not a member of set S and who participates in conference call C is to be notified when the keyword is spoken by any member of set S during the conference call; and
when the keyword is spoken by any member of set S during the conference call, transmitting by the data-processing system a second signal to the telecommunications terminal that is for alerting the user that the keyword has been spoken by a member of set S.
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Abstract
A conferencing system is disclosed in which a participant to a conference call can program the embodiment to listen for one or more “keywords” in the conference call. The keywords might be a participant'"'"'s name or words associated with him or her or words associated with his or her area of knowledge. The embodiments uses speech recognition technology to listen for those words. When the embodiments detects that those words have been spoken, the embodiment alerts the participant—using audible, visual, and/or tactile signals—that the participant'"'"'s attention to the call is warranted. When the keywords are chosen wisely, the benefit can be great.
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receiving by a data-processing system a first signal, wherein the first signal specifies (i) a keyword, and (ii) a non-empty set S of people who participate in a conference call C, and wherein the first signal indicates that a user of a telecommunications terminal who is not a member of set S and who participates in conference call C is to be notified when the keyword is spoken by any member of set S during the conference call; and when the keyword is spoken by any member of set S during the conference call, transmitting by the data-processing system a second signal to the telecommunications terminal that is for alerting the user that the keyword has been spoken by a member of set S. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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