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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Guanglu Wang, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Michael D. Homeier, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Guanglu Wang, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Michael D. Homeier, Elmhurst, IL (US);
3Com Corporation, Marlborough, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for establishing a conference between a first user and a second user. The first user has an audio stream. The second user has an audio stream. The conference has an audio stream. A temporary conference is created. The audio stream of the conference is directed to the sidebar conference. The audio stream of the first user is directed to the temporary conference and the audio stream of the second user is directed to the temporary conference. The audio stream of first user and the audio stream of the second user are only audible to the first user and the second user.