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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2010
Jason E. Schleifer, Cambridge, MA (US);
George Moromisato, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric M. Patey, Rockport, MA (US);
Jason E. Schleifer, Cambridge, MA (US);
George Moromisato, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric M. Patey, Rockport, MA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Users of various devices may participate in communication sessions, but only if the interfaces and components of such devices feature a minimum set of capabilities involved in the communication session type; e.g., in order to participate in a teleconference, the device of every user has to be capable of sending and receiving audio. Instead, a communication session server may automatically convert session items received from each user into interface-specific representations for each other user, based on the capabilities of the interface and device of the other user. For example, speech recognition may transform speech to text output; speech synthesis may transform text input to speech; and video recognition may identify individuals and gestures in a video stream and represent this information as text. The server may therefore host a 'mixed' communication session, where each user may fully participate irrespective of the capabilities of the chosen device and interface.