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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:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Stephen R. Whynot, Richardson, TX (US);
Paul D. Defrain, Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stephen R. Whynot, Richardson, TX (US);
Paul D. DeFrain, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, Quebec, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/16 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus, method, and computer program process audio information in a communication system. The apparatus, method, and computer program identify one or more silent channels of a communication session. The apparatus, method, and computer program also mix audio information from two or more non-silent channels. The mixed audio information is provided to one or more of the channels of the communication session.