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Auto-translation for multi user audio and video

  • US 9,720,909 B2
  • Filed: 08/17/2015
  • Issued: 08/01/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • receiving, at a first end user device associated with a user, an audio data signal from a conferencing services server via a first communication channel, the audio data signal representing a communication in a first spoken language received at a second end user device that is intended for the user;

    determining, at the first end user device, the first spoken language of the communication represented by the audio data signal;

    determining, at the first end user device, language preferences of the user of the first end user device;

    comparing, at the first end user device, the determined first spoken language with the language preferences of the user of the at the first end user device; and

    when the determined first spoken language does not match the language preferences;

    establishing, at the first end user device, a second communication channel with a translation services server, wherein the second communication channel with the translation services server is separate from first communication channel with the conferencing services server,providing, from the first end user device, the audio data signal to the translation services server,providing, from the first end user device, the language preferences of the user to the translation services server, andreceiving, at the first end user device, a translated audio data signal from the translation services server, the translated audio data signal representing the communication in a second spoken language corresponding to the language preferences and different from the first spoken language.

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