Unified communications bridging architecture
AssigneeClearOne Communications, Inc.
InventorsPeter H. Manley, Brett Harris, Derek L. Graham, Michael Tilelli
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Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus for bridging communications between unified communications (UC) clients. Included herein is a UC client driver module with a set of UC client drivers configured to translate UC client specific human interface device (HID) commands to a common format. Also included is a UC audio assistant module configured to receive the HID commands in the common format and translate the HID commands from the common format into a device specific format. A device specific driver module with a set of device specific drivers is configured to pass the HID commands in the device specific format to an output device.
Claims5
An apparatus for bridging communications between unified communications (UC) clients, the apparatus comprising:
- a UC client driver module comprising a set of UC client drivers configured to translate UC client specific human interface device (HID) commands to a common format;
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- a UC audio assistant module configured to receive the HID commands in the common format and translate the HID commands from the common format into a device specific format;
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- a device specific driver module comprising a set of device specific drivers configured to pass the HID commands in the device specific format to an output device.
A method for bridging communications between unified communications (UC) clients, the method comprising:
- receiving a set of HID commands from a UC client;
- translating the set of HID commands to a common format;
- translating the set of HID commands from the common format to an output device specific format;
- passing the set of HID commands in the output device specific format to a corresponding output device driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.