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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2008
Nicholas Sauriol, Ottawa, CA;
Arn Hyndman, Ottawa, CA;
Paul to, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a state indication on a voice communication session such as a telephone call or communication session implemented as part of a virtual environment enables the quality of the audio on the voice communication session to be altered depending on the state of the communication session. When the communication session is in a state other than normal state, the audio may be colored in a particular manner so that the user can tell, from the quality of the audio, what state the communication session is in. For example, when the client device is on Mute, the audio may be colored to enable the audio to have distinct qualities while on mute that are different than the audio qualities while not on mute. Other types of coloration may be used to indicate other states. In this way, the audio qualities presented to the user may be used to notify the user of the state the communication session.