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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2015
Applicant:

Skype, Dublin, IE;

Inventor:

Derek MacDonald, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Skype, Dublin, IE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04M 1/253 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G10L 17/00 (2013.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/142 (2013.01); G06K 9/00288 (2013.01); G06K 9/00335 (2013.01); G10L 17/005 (2013.01); H04L 65/1059 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04M 1/2535 (2013.01); H04R 29/005 (2013.01); H04R 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, client application and user terminal, the method including providing a packet-based communication system for conducting voice or video calls over a packet-based network and providing an instance of a client application enabling a first user terminal to access the packet-based communication system. The client application is configured so as when executed on the first terminal to receive an input from multiple different audio and/or video input transducers of the first terminal, to analyze those inputs in relation to one another, and based on that analysis to select at least one audio and/or video input transducer and/or output transducer of the first terminal for use in conducting a voice or video call with a remote user terminal via the packet-based communication system.


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