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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1994
Willis J Luther, Irvine, CA (US);
James A Fontana, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Canon Information Systems, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Abstract
A network sound channel which permits voice communication over a local area network (LAN). Plural workstations are connected via respective connection nodes to the LAN. Each workstation includes a sound processor for converting sound into digital information and digital information into sound, and each workstation is operable in (a) a talk mode in which the sound processor converts sound into digital information and the digital information is stored in the storage over the LAN, and (b) a listen mode in which digital information is retrieved from the storage over the LAN and the sound processor converts the digital information into sound.