Verizon Business Global LLC

Ol Security Limited Liability Company

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Paul A Roberts

Richard Garrett Moore

Frank Albert McKiel, Jr

Duraisamy Gunasekar

Guna Duraisamy Gunasekar

Mayel Espino

Michael B Freeman

Frank A Mckiel, Jr

An approach is provided for supporting multi-media conferencing. Textual information (e.g., text associated with a presentation) is received for display during a conference session to multiple participants. For a particular participant, configuration information corresponding to the participant specifies language assistance for the textual information. Language assistance involves augmenting the textual information according to the configuration information for comprehension of the textual information by the particular participant. In one embodiment, the augmented textual information includes language translation of the textual information. Additionally, the augmented textual information can encompass definitions of terms, including acronyms. The augmented textual information is forwarded for display to the participant during the conference session.

Method and system for providing conferencing services

Growing community of inventors

Alexandria, VA, United States of America

Paul A Roberts