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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Jeffrey Rodman, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Drell, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey Rodman, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Drell, Austin, TX (US);
Polycom, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for wideband voice and optional data conferencing over a telecommunications network channel between at least two wideband communications devices. An exemplary method comprises establishing an audio link, verifying wideband capability between the at least two wideband communications devices, training modems of the at least two wideband communications device to line conditions, and adjusting the telecommunications connection line conditions between the communications devices. Once a wideband connection has been established, audio and data may be simultaneously exchanged.