US 7,065,198 B2 · System and method for volume control management in a personal telephony recorder

Abstract

A system and method for recording a telephone conference and replaying a portion of the recording during the conference. Users participate by connecting through different types of networks using a device having a communication line connection. The recording can be in audio format, text format, or both. Thus, users can recall and replay textual information in addition to the recorded audio. Other information-such as time and user data-may also be recorded along with the audio and text. Users in the conference are identified to enable the association with them each user's contribution to the conference. The user or the user's device can assist by providing identification information. User identification may also be accomplished by associating each user's contribution with the particular line the user is calling from. Caller ID information may also be used to identify the user. Voice analysis may also performed to accomplish user identification.

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Dependent claims

A method of managing telephone call participants, said method comprising:

initiating a telephone call between a plurality of participants;
receiving, during the telephone call, a plurality of voice inputs from the participants;
identifying, during the telephone call, the participant corresponding to each of the received voice inputs;
recording the voice inputs and the identifiers corresponding to the participants into a memory area, wherein the identifiers indicate the voice inputs received from each of the individual participants;
adjusting, during the telephone call, a volume level of a first voice input received from a first participant, wherein the adjusting is based on the identity of the first participant;
and
transmitting, during the telephone call, the adjusted voice input to a second participant.

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An information handling system comprising:

one or more processors;
a memory area accessible by the processors for storing telephone call data;
a transmitter for transmitting voice input received over a data network;
a receiver for receiving voice data from the data network;
and
a call participant tool for managing telephone call participants, the call participant tool including:
means for initiating a telephone call between a plurality of participants through the data network;
means for receiving, during the telephone call, a plurality of voice inputs from the participants over the data network;
means for identifying, during the telephone call, the participant corresponding to each of the received voice inputs;
means for recording the voice inputs and the identifiers corresponding to the participants into the memory area, wherein the identifiers indicate the voice inputs received from each of the individual participants;
means for adjusting, during the telephone call, a volume level of a first voice input received from a first participant, wherein the adjusting is based on the identity of the first participant;
and
means for transmitting, during the telephone call, the adjusted voice input to a second participant.

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A computer program product stored on a computer operable media for managing telephone call participants, said computer program product comprising:

means for initiating a telephone call between a plurality of participants;
means for receiving, during the telephone call, a plurality of voice inputs from the participants;
means for identifying, during the telephone call, the participant corresponding to each of the received voice inputs;
means for recording the voice inputs and the identifiers corresponding to the participants into a memory area, wherein the identifiers indicate the voice inputs received from each of the individual participants;
means for adjusting, during the telephone call, a volume level of a first voice input received from a first participant, wherein the adjusting is based on the identity of the first participant;
and
means for transmitting, during the telephone call, the adjusted voice input to a second participant.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for volume control management in a personal telephony recorder

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System and method for volume control management in a personal telephony recorder

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