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Alerting a participant when a topic of interest is being discussed and/or a speaker of interest is speaking during a conference call

  • US 8,295,462 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2008
  • Issued: 10/23/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for alerting a participant when a topic of interest is being discussed and/or a speaker of interest is speaking during a conference call, the method comprising:

  • receiving a list of planned topics and/or speakers for a conference call;

    joining a participant to said conference call;

    providing an agenda to said participant to select topics and/or speakers of interest;

    requesting said participant to identify any topics and/or speakers of interest from said agenda;

    obtaining said participant'"'"'s indicated topics and/or speakers of interest;

    alerting, by a controller, said participant when one of said participant'"'"'s indicated topics and/or speakers of interest is being discussed and/or spoken during said conference call;

    monitoring for a noise on each telephone line for each active participant of said conference call; and

    detecting a voice on a telephone line for one of said active participants associated with a selected speaker of interest.

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