Method and System for Playing a Sound Clip During a Teleconference
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsJeffrey Mikan, Justin McNamara, John Lewis, Fulvio Cenciarelli
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Abstract
A system, method, and device for playing a sound clip during a teleconference. The method includes recording or otherwise obtaining a sound clip, storing the sound clip, associating the sound clip to a corresponding activation code, associating a description or identifier to each sound clip, selecting the sound clip to be replayed, and playing the sound clip during a teleconference, while the user is on mute, by entering a corresponding activation code into a user interface.
Claims30
A method for playing a sound clip during a teleconference, comprising:
- obtaining at least one sound clip;
- storing the sound clip;
- associating each sound clip with a corresponding activation code;
- selecting the sound clip to be replayed;
- and
- playing the sound clip by entering the corresponding activation code into a user interface during a teleconference.
A system for playing at least one sound clip during a teleconference, comprising:
- at least one subsystem for obtaining a sound clip;
- a storage medium configured to store the sound clip;
- a processor configured to associate the sound clip with a corresponding activation code;
- a plurality of telecommunications devices for connecting at least two or more participants via a communication network;
- and
- a user interface configured to allow a user to input the corresponding activation code.
A device for responding during a teleconference, the device comprising:
- at least one subsystem for selecting at least one sound clip;
- a communications component configured to connect to a communication network;
- a processor configured to associate a selected sound clip to a corresponding activation code;
- and
- a user interface configured to enter corresponding activation code.
A method for enabling a user to play a sound clip during a teleconference comprising:
- storing at least one sound clip;
- associating an activation code with each of said at least one sound clip;
- establishing a teleconference connection among a plurality of participants;
- receiving instructions from a user to play one of said at least one sound clip, said instructions comprising a corresponding activation code associated with the said at least one sound clip;
- and,
- playing the sound clip responsive to said instruction wherein one of the plurality of participants are able to hear the sound clip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.