Voice conference call using PSTN and internet networks
AssigneeVPN Multicast Technologies LLC
InventorsThomas Dye, Thomas Dundon
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Abstract
A system and method for supporting a multi-participant voice conference call using PSTN and Internet networks is described. The method for supporting a multi-participant voice conference call includes receiving voice from a PSTN client. The method also includes receiving voice data from a moderator and from at least one remote client connected to the Internet. The method then proceeds to mix the voice data from the PSTN client with the voice data from the moderator into a first mixed voice data that is transmitted to the remote client that is connected to the Internet. The method also mixes the voice data from the moderator with the voice data from the remote client connected to the Internet into a second mixed voice data that is transmitted to the PSTN client.
Claims12
A method for supporting a multi-participant audio/video conference call, the method comprising:
- receiving first audio data from a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) client;
- receiving second audio data from a moderator;
- receiving third audio data, video data, and collaboration data from at least one remote client through a first Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnel;
- mixing the first audio data from the PSTN client with the second audio data from the moderator into a first mixed audio data;
- transmitting the first mixed audio data to the remote client through the first VPN tunnel;
- mixing the second audio data from the moderator with the third audio data from the remote client into a second mixed audio data;
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- transmitting the second mixed audio data to the PSTN client.
A system for supporting a multi-participant audio/video conference call comprising:
- a first mixer configured to mix audio data from a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) client with audio data from a moderator and collaboration data from the moderator into a mixed data;
- a transport output configured to transmit the first mixed data to at least one remote client through a first Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnel;
- a second mixer configured to mix audio data from the moderator with audio data from the remote client connected to the Internet into a first mixed audio data;
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- a VoIP encoder to encode the first mixed audio data into a compressed audio data;
- the transport output further configured to transmit the compressed audio data to the PSTN client through the first VPN tunnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.