SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING AUDIO CONFERENCING SERVICES
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for improving audio conferencing services. One aspect relates to processing audio content of a conference. A first audio signal is received from a first conference participant, and a start and an end of a first utterance by the first conference participant are detected from the first audio signal. A second audio signal is received from a second conference participant, and a start and an end of a second utterance by the second conference participant is detected from the second audio signal. The second conference participant is provided with at least a portion of the first utterance, wherein at least one of start time, start point, and duration is determined based at least in part on the start, end, or both, of the second utterance.
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31. A method for processing audio content of a conference, the method comprising:
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providing, by at least one processor, audio from the conference to a first conference participant, wherein the audio is detected by at least one microphone; detecting, by the at least one processor, a start of an utterance by the first conference participant; in response to detecting the start of the utterance, stopping the provision of the audio from the conference to the first conference participant; storing, in a memory, an indication of a point in the audio from the conference at which the provision of the audio from the conference to the first conference participant was stopped; detecting, by the at least one processor, an end of the utterance by the first conference participant; and in response to detecting the end of the utterance, resuming the provision of the audio from the conference to the first conference participant at or just prior to the point referenced by the stored indication. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 52, 53, 54)
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45. A system for processing audio content of a conference, the system comprising controller circuitry configured to:
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provide audio from the conference to a first conference participant; detect a start of an utterance by the first conference participant; in response to detecting the start of the utterance, stop the provision of the audio from the conference to the first conference participant; store, in a memory, an indication of a point in the audio from the conference at which the provision of the audio from the conference to the first conference participant was stopped; detect an end of the utterance by the first conference participant; and in response to detecting the end of the utterance, resume the provision of the audio from the conference to the first conference participant at or just prior to the point referenced by the stored indication. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A method for processing conference audio, the method comprising:
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receiving, by at least one processor, a first audio signal from a first conference participant, wherein the first audio signal is detected by a microphone; providing, to the second conference participant, the first audio signal; in response to detecting a first request to pause the conference audio from the second conference participant, stopping the providing, to the second conference participant, of the first audio signal; in response to detecting a second request to unpause the conference audio from the second conference participant, providing, to the second conference participant and at an accelerated rate that is faster than real time, a remaining portion of the first audio signal; and providing, at the accelerated rate and to the second conference participant, a remainder of the conference audio that was recorded after detecting the first request, until the second conference participant is caught up to conference audio in real time. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62)
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