Audio conferencing method

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2006-01-10

2006-01-10

Smith, Creighton (Department: 2645)

Telephonic communications

Special services

Conferencing

C379S203010

Reexamination Certificate

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06985571

ABSTRACT:
A conferencing method that conducts an audio conference over the Internet. The method includes receiving digitized audio signals, summing a plurality of received audio signals that contain speech, providing a summed conference signal from the summed plurality of audio signals with an audio conference mixer, transcoding the summed conference signal, and streaming the transcoded summed signal onto the Internet.

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