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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1984
Lawrence Baranyai, Howell, NJ (US);
John R Colton, Freehold, NJ (US);
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A time division multiplex conferencer for continuously summing and outputting digital message samples received from n subscribers in n respective time slots. Message samples collected from each subscriber of a conference connection are summed during a first time frame and outputted during a second time frame. The conferencing is carried out in real time under common control to provide one or more conference-type connections between two or more subscribers. The conferencer also has the ability to establish transmit-only or receive-only connections for one or more subscribers. The conferencing is conducted in a manner that is completely independent of time slot assignments within a frame.