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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
David W. Mcknight, Garland, TX (US);
F. Randall Murray, Ii, McKinney, TX (US);
Stephen R. Whynot, McKinney, TX (US);
David W. McKnight, Garland, TX (US);
F. Randall Murray, II, McKinney, TX (US);
Stephen R. Whynot, McKinney, TX (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An instant message associated with a conference call is received. At least some of the contents of the instant message are converted into speech, which may be represented as an audio stream. The speech is then provided to at least one participant associated with the conference call. The speech provided to the at least one participant may further include additional speech in addition to the speech corresponding to the contents of the instant message. The additional speech could, among other things, identify a participant who sent the instant message.