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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2008
Albert Alexandrov, Goleta, CA (US);
Allan Knight, Goleta, CA (US);
Krishna Ramachandran, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Chris Scheiman, Goleta, CA (US);
Florian Winterstein, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Albert Alexandrov, Goleta, CA (US);
Allan Knight, Goleta, CA (US);
Krishna Ramachandran, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Chris Scheiman, Goleta, CA (US);
Florian Winterstein, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Citrix Systems, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Abstract
A new approach is proposed that contemplates audio conference systems and methods to expand the capacity a conference call by utilizing both a mixing engine that enables a first group participants to be able to both listen to and speak at the conference call, and a broadcast engine that broadcasts the conference call to a second group of participants who are only interested in listening to, but not speaking at the conference call. During the conference call, participants at the mixing engine and the broadcast engine can be dynamically adjusted.