# US 2025/0095654 A1 · Automated Audio-to-Text Transcription in Multi-Device Teleconferences > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0095654 A1 - Document ID: US20250095654A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/965,715 - Filed: 2024-12-02 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-19 - Assignees: Nextiva, Inc. - Applicants: Nextiva, Inc. - Inventors: Tomas Gorny; Jean-Baptiste Martinoli; Tracy Conrad; Lukas Gorny - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250095654A1 ## CPC - G10L 15/26: Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) - G10L 15/32: Multiple recognisers used in sequence or in parallel; Score combination systems therefor, e.g. voting systems - G10L 17/00: Speaker identification or verification techniques - H04M 3/568: {audio processing specific to telephonic conferencing, e.g. spatial distribution, mixing of participants (echo suppression in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/02; sound field processing per se H04S7/30)} - H04M 2201/40: using speech recognition - H04M 2203/552: Call annotations - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information, and audiovisual data associated with one or more users, for each of the two or more communication devices. The computer stores audio transcription data, transmitted to the computer by each of the two or more communication devices and associated with one or more communication device users, in the computer memory. The computer merges the audio transcription data from each of the two or more communication devices into a master audio transcript, and transmits the master audio transcript to each of the two or more communication devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication device for administering a teleconference comprising: an administration module, an audiovisual recording module, a transcription module and a graphic user interface module, the communication device configured to: connect, by the administration module, two or more communication devices with each other over a network; record, by the audiovisual recording module, visual data comprising one or more of: a video file, a real-time visual stream and one or more individual image snapshots; transcribe, by the transcription module, one or more spoken words by one or more users identified by the transcription module; rectify, by the transcription module, one or more inconsistencies in one or more local text transcripts using a consensus mechanism to generate a master text transcript; associate, by the administration module, each of inbound visual and audio data with a particular device; and display, by the graphic user interface module, a transcript view or a teleconference view of the teleconference. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the transcription of the one or more spoken words is performed in real-time to update a local device text transcript. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the communication device is further configured to: separate, by the transcription module, the one or more spoken words from background noises in local device audio data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the communication device is further configured to: sort, by the transcription module, the one or more spoken words into one or more punctuated sentences. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the communication device is further configured to: analyze, by the transcription module, a vocal pitch of the one or more spoken words to associate each word with a particular user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the teleconference view comprises visual and audio data associated with one or more communication devices participating in the teleconference. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the communication device is further configured to: associate, by the transcription module, chronological information with each word of the one or more transcribed spoken words. ### Claim 8 A method for administering a teleconference, comprising: connecting, by an administration module of a communication device, two or more communication devices with each other over a network; recording, by an audiovisual recording module, visual data comprising one or more of: a video file, a real-time visual stream and one or more individual image snapshots; transcribing, by a transcription module, one or more spoken words by one or more users identified by the transcription module; rectifying, by the transcription module, one or more inconsistencies in one or more local text transcripts using a consensus mechanism to generate a master text transcript; associating, by the administration module, each of inbound visual and audio data with a particular device; and displaying, by a graphic user interface module, a transcript view or a teleconference view of the teleconference. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the transcription of the one or more spoken words is performed in real-time to update a local device text transcript. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising: separating, by the transcription module, the one or more spoken words from background noises in local device audio data. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising: sorting, by the transcription module, the one or more spoken words into one or more punctuated sentences. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising: analyzing, by the transcription module, a vocal pitch of the one or more spoken words to associate each word with a particular user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the teleconference view comprises visual and audio data associated with one or more communication devices participating in the teleconference. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising: associating, by the transcription module, chronological information with each word of the one or more transcribed spoken words. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodied with software for administering a teleconference, the software when executed: connects, by an administration module, two or more communication devices with each other over a network; records, by an audiovisual recording module, visual data comprising one or more of: a video file, a real-time visual stream and one or more individual image snapshots; transcribes, by a transcription module, one or more spoken words by one or more users identified by the transcription module; rectifies, by the transcription module, one or more inconsistencies in one or more local text transcripts using a consensus mechanism to generate a master text transcript; associates, by the administration module, each of inbound visual and audio data with a particular device; and displays, by a graphic user interface module, a transcript view or a teleconference view of the teleconference. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the transcription of the one or more spoken words is performed in real-time to update a local device text transcript. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the software when executed further: separates, by the transcription module, the one or more spoken words from background noises in local device audio data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the software when executed further: sorts, by the transcription module, the one or more spoken words into one or more punctuated sentences. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the software when executed further: analyzes, by the transcription module, a vocal pitch of the one or more spoken words to associate each word with a particular user. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the teleconference view comprises visual and audio data associated with one or more communication devices participating in the teleconference.