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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Thomas E. Creamer, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Kevin G. Paterson, San Antonio, TX (US);
Theodore J. L. Shrader, Austin, TX (US);
Nagarjuna R. Vemireddy, Charlotte, NC (US);
Thomas E. Creamer, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Kevin G. Paterson, San Antonio, TX (US);
Theodore J. L. Shrader, Austin, TX (US);
Nagarjuna R. Vemireddy, Charlotte, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
System, method, and computer program product to provide targeted and variable information during a remote conference, by: responsive to a first person joining the remote conference, playing a first tone having a first acoustical characteristic indicating an arrival of the first person, responsive to a second person joining the remote conference, playing a second tone having a second acoustical characteristic indicating an arrival of the second person, the second acoustical characteristic different than the first, and responsive to one of the first person and the second person leaving the remote conference, playing a third tone having a third acoustical characteristic indicating a departure of one of the first person and the second person, the third acoustical characteristic different than the second, a type of the first, second, and third acoustical characteristics being the same, the first, second, and third tone audible to at least one person on the remote conference.