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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2001
Florian Patrick Nierhaus, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Philippe Vandermersch, San Jose, CA (US);
Florian Patrick Nierhaus, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Philippe Vandermersch, San Jose, CA (US);
Siemens Corporation, Iselin, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for background noise reduction and performance improvement in conferencing. A method for providing a conferencing session may include receiving inputs from a number of participants in a conferencing session. A number of prominent inputs are determined from the received inputs and the determined prominent inputs are combined into a first output stream. The output stream is suitable for being sent to at least one participant of the number of participants in the conferencing session.