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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1999
Jin-Hyun Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Byung-Wook Park, Kimhae, KR;
Tae-Wan Kim, Pohang, KR;
Jae-Sup Kwak, Suwon, KR;
Joon Eom, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Thales Co., Ltd., Kyungsangbuk-do, KR;
Abstract
A multi-access conference call apparatus and method in an exchange system. The multi-access conference call apparatus, which permits a number of subscribers to communicate with each other using their own terminal, includes: a digital signal processing unit for converting a signal of a first digital signal type from each of a plurality of subscriber channels to a signal of a second digital signal type, for summing the signals of the second digital signal type of all subscriber channels except for the signal from the subscriber's own channel, and for converting the summed data for each subscriber channel back to the signals of the first digital signal type, to output the resulting signals of the first digital signal type to each subscriber channel; and a control signal generator for generating control signals for transmitting the signals of the first digital signal type input from each fi subscriber channel, to the digital signal processing unit, and transmitting the signals of the first digital signal type output from the digital signal processing unit, to each corresponding subscriber channel.