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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2003
Applicant:
James O'toole, Somerville, MA (US);
Inventor:
James O'Toole, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a telephone conference system and an associated method. A conference phone includes a plurality of input audio signals and a spatial preference sensor adapted to identify a listening preference associated with at least one conference participant. The spatial preference sensor might indicate a head position of a conference participant, such that small movements of the participant's head control processing of a plurality of input signals resulting in a more audibly intelligible conference.