68 results about "Multiparty communication" patented technology

A system for enabling controlled application of derived who-is-speaking indications related to activity of participants to a live multiparty communications conference or recorded outputs. The system includes a first node hosting a conference bridging switch, software or a combination thereof, having multiple conference input channels; a second node having data access to at least an output signal port of the conference bridging switch, software, or a combination thereof, and a software application distributed wholly to the first or second node, or in parts to the first and second node. The application is used to apply the who is speaking indications to output communications, data files, or data streams, forwarded to one of, a select potion of, or combination of, the conference participants, non-participant third parties, and one or more storage facilities.

A method and system for participant control of privacy during a multiparty communication session includes receiving a request from a first participant to a multiparty communication connection for a sidebar between the first participant and a second participant to the multiparty communication connection. The sidebar is provided by at least substantially eliminating voice streams generated by the first participant and the second participant from conference output streams generated for a set of remaining participants to the multiparty communication connection.

A method and system for controlling audio content during a multiparty communication session includes prompting active participants to the multiparty communication session to identify themselves. Media from a particular device from which no active participant is identified is disabled to terminate communication of the media from the particular device to other devices in the multiparty communication session.

A system and methods for facilitating multiparty communications sessions with a plurality of participants and for dynamically designating a communications session manager. More particularly, a system and methods, including protocols, for: establishing a multiparty communications session between a plurality of participants and their respective communication devices in a full-mesh topology; establishing a dynamically designated session manager uniquely associated with a first participant of the multiparty session and, hence, such participant's communication device; as necessary, adding and removing participants and their respective communication devices from the multiparty communications session; and, designating, or electing, another participant as session manager when the first participant exits the multiparty communications session. The methods also enable participants to maintain consistent lists of session participants and establish peer to peer communication links between the participants.

A computer telephony integration (CTI) system is capable of supporting one-to-one and multiparty communications. An operating method in the CTI system includes a first step for receiving a session opening request from a first user through a voice server thereof; a second step for detecting whether a session is held, in response to the session opening request, and generating, through the voice server thereof, a sub-server for the sake of a new session according to its detecting result; a third step for determining a group address for a multiparty communication in the generated sub-server and informing the first user of the group address; a fourth step for assigning the group address to a voice data port by the first user according to the informed group address; a fifth step for providing a user list when the first user requests the user list so as to select users to be participated in the session and transmitting inviting messages to the users in case that the session participating users are selected; and a sixth step for assigning the group address to the voice data port of a user client system through users who want the telephone conversation, among the users receiving the inviting message through a watchdog of the client system, and making the users participate in the multiparty session.

A system and method for improving the intelligibility of a moderator during a multi-party communication session includes receiving a plurality of participant voice streams from a plurality of respective conference participants. An incoming moderator voice stream may be received from a moderator. The plurality of participant voice streams and the moderator voice stream are transmitted such that the intelligibility of the moderator voice stream is improved relative to at least one of the participant voice streams.

Improved methods, systems, and devices for managing communications are provided. A user device may display all ongoing communications so that a user can visualize the communications network or some subset thereof (e.g., a subgroup or group of users). A system may maintain the user device in an instant ready-on mode of communication with the other user devices. A user may then initiate communications with a subgroup (e.g., a pair) or group without initiating a new connection. Accordingly, a user can simultaneously and fluidly communicate at the subgroup level, at the group level, or at the inter-group level. Moreover, users can function as independent actors that can freely form and leave subgroups as well as groups.

A method and system for independent participant control of audio during a multiparty communication session includes receiving an audio stream from each of a plurality of participants to a multiparty communication connection. An audio control signal is received from a participant for an audio stream of another participant. A conference output stream is generated for the participant by applying an audio parameter based on the audio control signal to the audio stream.

The invention relates to establishing trust between parties prior to a multi-party communications session over the Internet or the like. This is achieved by the exchange of messages describing participant roles required to be performed during a session, and the assumption of the described roles by the parties to a session. The assumption of a role is non-repudiable via the use of digital signatures, in that a party must digitally sign the message or part thereof which indicates that it intends to assume a role. The roles relate to control functions to be performed during the session, such as Quality of Service determiner, or Quality of service signaller.

The invention discloses a quantum key synchronizing system based on multilevel relay. The system comprises a quantum key management center and key relay nodes. The quantum key management center comprises a quantum key center server and a center key node. The quantum key center server is connected with a user terminal through the center key node and the multi-level key relay nodes in sequence. The quantum key center server is connected with a quantum key relay server of the center key node. The invention also provides a quantum key synchronizing method. Compared with the prior art, the system has the advantages that a purpose of synchronizing and sharing a key by the multilevel relay nodes and the quantum key management center is realized in a mode of encrypting a to-be-synchronized key of the subordinate key relay node through adoption of the key of the superior key relay node, wherein the key of the superior key relay node is already synchronized with the center key node; the quantum key is shared between two non-adjacent nodes; the system can be applied to multiparty communication occasions in large scale; and the cost of a quantum channel is reduced to a certain degree.

A system and method for transmitting protected real-time content from one user to another is described. In a first aspect, a user sends a Rights Object to another user. In a second aspect, a user sends a Rights Object to another user via an intermediate server for a multiparty communication. In this second aspect, the users may be able to switch between designated Rights Objects as needed.

The invention discloses a portable mobile office system. The portable mobile office system is characterized in that the portable mobile office system comprises a personal office function, a team office function, a marketing assistant function, a personal assistant function, an external communication function and a management background function. The portable mobile office system can be installed or operated on a mobile terminal or a computer. The personal office function comprises approval, tasks, plans, summaries, and emails. The team office function comprises conferences, colleague groups, group dynamics, group plans, group summaries, group sharing and announcements. The marketing assistant function comprises client management, sales personnel management, marketing relation management and marketing activity management. The external communication function comprises short messages, faxes, multiparty communication, opinion feedbacks, ballots and questionnaires. The personal assistant function comprises address lists, folders, notebooks and my data. The management background function comprises system management, log query and flow management. The mobile terminal comprises an intelligent mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a non intelligent mobile phone and the like which use an operation system and platform. The operation system and platform comprises the IOS, the Android, the Window phone, the Blackberry, the Symbian, the Brew, the K-java and the like. The portable mobile office system has the advantages that official business can be processed anytime and anywhere, geographical restrictions and time constraints are really got rid of, the abundant functions and the flexible expansion upgrade can deeply meet the requirements of mobile working from a plurality of aspects, and the portable mobile office system assists a user to improve office efficiency and to save office cost.

A method for managing communication resource assignment includes: determining a resource assignment policy based on information for requesting resource assignment policy in a session setup request for a multiparty communication service from a User Equipment, and assigning, according to the resource assignment policy, communication resources; A method for managing communication resource assignment includes: modifying a resource assignment policy based on information for requesting resource assignment policy in a session modification request for modifying a resource assignment policy and assigning, according to the modified resource assignment policy, the communication resources. A communication resource policy system is also provided. With the method and system above, the communication resources of multiparty communication services can be managed flexibly according to the resource assignment policies.

The invention discloses a method for establishing a broadcast or multicast bearer, an apparatus and a system thereof, and belongs to the communication technical field. The method comprises the following steps: judging whether preset conditions of establishing the broadcast or multicast bearer are satisfied when multi-party communication session is established or during the multi-party communication session; and if the conditions are satisfied, the broadcast or multicast bearer is established with a user terminal with a broadcast or multicast support function. The apparatus comprises a judgment module and an establishment module. The system comprises a participation function device and a control function device. As the broadcast or multicast is established after the conditions of establishing the broadcast or multicast bearer are judged to be satisfied, a point-to-multi-point broadcast or multicast technology is introduced to a multi-party communication system, which improves the multi-party communication efficiency and greatly saves the bandwidth capacity, and reduces the burden of a server system and avoids the bottleneck particularly when the number of users significantly increases.

The invention relates to a multiparty communication technology in the network communication field, and discloses a multiparty communication method based on SIP protocol. The technical scheme is that: a, a terminal requests an IM server to establish an IM multiparty conference; b, a terminal participating in the IM multiparty conference invites other terminals to join in the conference; c, a terminal participating in the IM multiparty conference drives another terminal participating in the IM multiparty conference out of the IM multiparty conference; d, the terminals participating in the IM multiparty conference send an instant message to and receive an instant message from each other; e, the terminals participating in the IM multiparty conference do not comprise an initiator, and exit the conference; f, when the conference initiator exits the conference or all participants of the conference exit the conference, the IM multiparty conference is ended; and g, before the IM multiparty conference is ended, all users participating in the conference are informed of a minutes link address. The invention is applied to a multiparty conference system.

A system for synchronizing party information and call-state information between two or more telephone switches involved in establishing a multiparty communication session has at least one server application for serving information and receiving information and a translation service for translating received information between formats of telephony and those of digital messaging. The system uses a digital network to propagate the information between switches in a dynamic message format.

A first user terminal, host terminal, method and program. The first terminal comprises: a transceiver for communicating with a plurality of other user terminals over a communication network; and communications processing apparatus, coupled to the transceiver, and arranged to participate in a call with a selected number of the other user terminals via the transceiver and communication network, the call including transmission of a voice signal from the first user terminal. The communications processing apparatus is operable in a mode whereby it temporarily discontinues transmission of the voice signal in response to detecting less than a predetermined level of activity on said voice signal, and the communications processing apparatus is further configured to selectively enable that mode in dependence on the selected number of other user terminals in the call.

The invention relates to a mobile phone talkback which is a function system for realizing multiparty communication on original mobile phone networks. The function system consists of a central dispatching platform, client software and a common mobile phone. Communication among a plurality of mobile phones can be realized by using the mobile phone to dialing different phone numbers. The function system provides multiple flexible control functions, such as intrusion, forced release, communication restriction and the like, not only can initiate a multiparty call at a mobile phone terminal, but also can initiate a call on a computer by the software of the dispatching platform and control call members. The function system adopts the network interconnection between a voice special line and mobileoperators and adjusts the number of channels according to the number of call parties. The differences between the mobile phone talkback and a traditional interphone lie in no distance limit, no terminal restriction, no quantity limit, and no using frequency limit; in addition, the mobile phone talkback can group flexibly and support simultaneous bidirectional communication.