Audio conferenceing system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5539741
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08346553

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A computer workstation receives multiple audio input streams over a network in an audio conference. The audio input streams are kept separate by storing them in different queues. Digital samples from each of the queues are transferred to an audio adapter card 28 for output. A digital signal processor 46 on the audio adapter card multiplies each audio stream by its own weighting parameter, before summing the audio streams together for output. Thus the relative volume of each of the audio output streams can be controlled. For each block of audio data, the volume is calculated and displayed to the user, allowing the user to see the volume in each audio input stream independently. The user is also provided with volume control for each audio input stream, which effectively adjusts the weighting parameter, thereby allowing the user to alter the relative volumes of each speaker in the conference.

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IBM CORPORATION1101 KITCHAWAN ROAD OFFICE 36-238C YORKTOWN HEIGHTS NY 10598

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barraclough, Keith Fremont, CA 66 2729
Cripps, Peter R Southampton, GB 1 185
Gay, Adrian Fareham, GB 2 204

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