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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2011
Applicants:

Satish K. Gannu, San Jose, CA (US);

Leon A. Frazier, Cary, NC (US);

Didier R. Moretti, Los Altos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Satish K. Gannu, San Jose, CA (US);

Leon A. Frazier, Cary, NC (US);

Didier R. Moretti, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided in one example and includes identifying a particular word recited by an active speaker in a conference involving a plurality of endpoints in a network environment; evaluating a profile associated with the active speaker in order to identify contextual information associated with the particular word; and providing augmented data associated with the particular word to at least some of the plurality of endpoints. In more specific examples, the active speaker is identified using a facial detection protocol, or a speech recognition protocol. Data from the active speaker can be converted from speech to text.


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