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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2024
Ringcentral, Inc., Belmont, CA (US);
Karl Klaghofer, Munich, DE;
Wolfgang Schiffer, Herzogenrath, DE;
Michael Rodenbücher, Eschweiler, DE;
RINGCENTRAL, INC., Belmont, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a real-time communication between at least two participants on a real-time conversation and collaboration platform by means of a digital assistant unit, wherein clients are connected to a conferencing application via a communications network establishing the communication, the method comprising the steps of identifying, from the at least two participants, a first participant as an active speaker in the conversation by using audio signals received from the first participant via a microphone, activating the digital assistant unit for the first participant, if a predetermined event is detected, wherein the audio signals received from the first participant are analyzed so as to identify voice commands therefrom, wherein an Automatic Speech Recognition engine performs a voice recognition procedure for identifying and transcribing the identified voice commands, and wherein the transcribed voice commands are analyzed and executed.