Systems and methods for managing teleconference participant mute state

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium;
• and
• computer-executable instructions carried on the non-transitory computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:
• detect, based on analysis of at least one characteristic of audio data received from a microphone associated with a participant or image data received from a camera associated with the participant, whether the participant is attempting to speak to other teleconference participants;
• and
• provide an alert to the participant in response to a detecting that the participant is attempting to speak to other conference participants while the microphone is muted.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium;
• and
• computer-executable instructions carried on the non-transitory computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:
• detect, based on analysis of at least one characteristic of audio data received from a microphone associated with a participant or image data received from a camera associated with the participant, whether the participant is attempting to speak to other teleconference participants;
• and
• modify the audio data to prevent transmission of audio to other teleconference participants in response to a detecting that the participant is not attempting to speak to other conference participants while the microphone is unmuted.