Broadcasting and conferencing in a distributed environment

• US 7,095,827 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2002
• Issued: 08/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sangoma US, Inc. (Sangoma Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NMS Communications Corporation (Live Microsystems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Guedalia, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Escalante, Ovidio
• Application Number:
  US10/215,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20030035516A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,474 Days
• Field of Search: 379/67.1, 379/88.13, 379/88.14, 379/88.17, 379/88.22, 379/90.01, 379/93.01, 709/206, 709217-219
• US Class Current: 379/88.17
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/401 wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board sharing or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4038 with floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/60 Medium conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/205 Broadcasting broadcasting in packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/5054 Meet-me conference, i.e. participants dial-in
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15

Abstract

An IVR operative for voice communication with a telephone network and a data network and including a VoiceXML interpreter The VoiceXML interpreter being operative to provide a streaming audio output to the data network.

Claims

1. A system for broadcasting of audio content via a telephone comprising:

a broadcasting subsystem comprising;

at least one encoder;

at least one of a cache and a multicaster receiving an output from said at least one encoder;

at least one reception IVR operative to receive said output via said at least one encoder and via said at least one of a cache and a multicaster; and

a VoiceXML interpreter operative to receive said output from said broadcasting subsystem;

a broadcast IVR operative for voice communication with a telephone and including a VoiceXML interpreter comprising an object module which receives digitized voice from buffers in said IVR and uses said digitized voice to determine a particular audio broadcast, said Voice XML interpreter operative to provide said particular audio broadcast as a streaming audio output to said broadcasting subsystem;

a VoiceXML document server in communication with said VoiceXML interpreter;

a resource manager in communication with said VoiceXML document server and said at least one encoder; and

a database in communication with said VoiceXML document server, and wherein said multicaster is in communication with at least one computer and provides said streaming audio output from said broadcasting subsystem.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said multicaster provides said output to at least one computer user.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said reception IVR is further operative to communicate with at least one telephone participant.

4. A system for broadcasting of audio content via a telephone comprising:

a broadcasting subsystem comprising at least one encoder receiving streaming audio output;

a broadcast IVR operative for voice communication with a telephone and including a VoiceXML interpreter comprising an object module which receives digitized voice from buffers in said IVR and uses said digitized voice to determine a particular audio broadcast, said Voice XML interpreter operative to provide said particular audio broadcast as the streaming audio output to said broadcasting subsystem;

a VoiceXML document server in communication with said VoiceXML interpreter; and

a resource manager in communication with said VoiceXML document server and said at least one encoder.

5. A system according to claim 4 and wherein said broadcasting subsystem comprises at least one of a cache and a multicaster receiving an output from said at least one encoder.

6. A system according to claim 4 and wherein said broadcasting subsystem comprises at least one reception IVR operative to receive said streaming audio output via said at least one encoder and via said at least one of a cache and a multicaster.

7. A system according to claim 6 and wherein said broadcasting subsystem includes a VoiceXML interpreter operative to receive said streaming audio output from said broadcasting subsystem.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein said multicaster is in communication with at least one computer and provides said streaming audio output from said broadcasting subsystem.

9. The system of claim 4 further comprising a database in communication with said VoiceXML document server.