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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2011
David E. Mcdysan, Great Falls, VA (US);
Stevan H. Leiden, Norwood, MA (US);
Daniel J. O'callaghan, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Douglas M. Pasko, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
John Edward Rathke, Southborough, MA (US);
Naseem A. Khan, Oak Hill, VA (US);
David E. McDysan, Great Falls, VA (US);
Stevan H. Leiden, Norwood, MA (US);
Daniel J. O'Callaghan, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Douglas M. Pasko, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
John Edward Rathke, Southborough, MA (US);
Naseem A. Khan, Oak Hill, VA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device is configured to determine that the user device is participating in a conference call with a plurality of other user devices; determine that the user device is muted during the conference call; receive a first sound from the user device while the user device is muted; recognize that the first sound matches a vocal pattern of a user associated with the user device; and un-mute the user device after recognizing that the first sound matches the vocal pattern.