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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2004
Applicants:
Martyn Hollins, Maidenhead, GB;
Robert Turner, Wokingham, GB;
Paul Kettlewell, Aylesbury, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, Quebec, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of provisioning a conference call in order to preserve bandwidth on a network, and thereby allowing a larger number of participants to actively take part in a conference call. The method includes providing all participants in a conference call with a simplex connection to the conference call so that they can hear what is being said. It further comprises allocating further bandwidth so at least one participant can address the conference at any one time.