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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2016
Clearone Communications Hong Kong Ltd., Hong Kong, HK;
Avishay Ben Natan, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Derek L. Graham, South Jordan, UT (US);
ClearOne Communications Hong Kong Ltd., Hong Kong, HK;
Abstract
This disclosure describes a virtual multipoint control unit in communication with one or more unified communication (UC) applications on one or more host devices over a network that allows ad hoc UC conferences between UC applications from different vendors. The virtual multipoint control unit includes a host device coupled to a network. In addition, the unit includes one or more unified communication (UC) applications being executed in software instructions. The virtual multipoint control unit virtualizes the physical audio devices to be shared simultaneously between multiple UC applications and allows ad hoc UC conferences between said UC applications from the same and or different UC vendors.