Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer conferencing
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-06
2005-09-06
Vu, Viet D. (Department: 2154)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer conferencing
C455S414200, C455S456500, C379S052000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06941342
ABSTRACT:
A user conducts a telephone conversation without speaking. It does this by moving the participant in the public situation to a quiet mode of communication (e.g., keyboard, buttons, touchscreen). All the other participants are allowed to continue using their usual audible technology (e.g., telephones) over the existing telecommunications infrastructure. The quiet user interface transforms the user's silent input selections into equivalent audible signals that may be directly transmitted to the other parties in the conversation.
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