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US 7,031,448 B2Granted
Selectable muting on conference calls
AssigneeAvaya Technology Corp.
InventorsJames E. Coffman, Brenda Anne Duran, Alan Stuart Mulberg
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Abstract
During a conference call, identifying a communication terminal, and inhibiting transmission of audio signals to the conference call by the identified communication terminal in response to operations performed by another communication terminal.
Claims10
A method for controlling a conference call of a plurality of communication terminals, comprising the steps of:
- displaying on a first one of the plurality of communication terminals an identity of a second one of the plurality of communication terminals in response to a first signal from the first one of the plurality of communication terminals;
- disabling audio information received from the second one of the plurality of communication terminals on the conference call in response to a second signal from the first one of the plurality of communication terminals;
- re-enabling the audio information received from the second one of the plurality of communication terminals on the conference call in response to one of a third signal from the second one of the plurality of communication terminals after the audio information from the second one of the plurality of communication terminals had previously been disabled by the second signal or a fourth signal from a third one of the plurality of communication terminals after the audio information from the second one of the plurality of communication terminals had previously been disabled by the second signal.
A system for controlling a conference call comprising:
- a telecommunication switching system;
- a conference circuit;
- a plurality of communication terminals communicating a with each other via the conference circuit;
- the telecommunication switching system responsive to a first actuation of a first button on a first one of the plurality of communication terminals for displaying an identity of a second one of the plurality of communication terminals on a display of the first one of the plurality of communication terminals;
- the telecommunication switching system further responsive to first actuation of a second button on the first one of the plurality of communication terminals for transmifting a first signal to the conference circuit;
- the conference circuit responsive to the first signal for inhibiting audio information from the second one of the plurality of communication terminals that is displayed on the display of the first one of the plurality of communication terminals from being communicated to the other ones of the plurality of communication terminals;
- the telecommunication switching system further responsive to a first actuation of a first button on a third one of the plurality of communication terminals for displaying an identity of the second one of the plurality of communication terminals on a display of the third one of the plurality of communication terminals;
- the telecommunication switching system further responsive to first actuation of a second button on the third one of the plurality of communication terminals for transmitting a third signal to the conference circuit;
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- the conference circuit responsive to the third signal for allowing audio information from the second one of the plurality of communication terminals to be communicated again to the other ones of the plurality of communication terminals after the audio information had been previously inhibited from the second one of the plurality of communication terminals by the first signal.
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