Communication system
A conference communication system which has a conference media mixing device which is set up to use media rules to mix together communication data sent during a conference and to use evaluation rules to evaluate response communication data sent during a survey which is performed during the conference.
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12 . A communication system comprising:
a conference server set up to provide a conference for a plurality of conference participant terminals, wherein each of the plurality of the conference participant terminals has a signaling device which is set up to send response communication data using a prescribed response syntax during a survey which is performed during the conference;
a first database which contains media rules which are to be used to mix together communication data, which are sent by the plurality of conference participant terminals during the conference before they are output, wherein the media rules have evaluation rules which are to be used to evaluate the response communication data; and
a conference media mixing device which is set up to use the media rules to mix together the communication data and to use the evaluation rules to evaluate the response communication data taking into account the response syntax.
13 . The communication system as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a second database containing membership rules, wherein the conference server is set up to provide the conference using the membership rules.
14 . The communication system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the response syntax is defined using the SDP (Session Description Protocol).
15 . The communication system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the signaling device in each conference participant terminal is set up to send the response communication data as a reaction to the receipt by the respective conference participant terminal of a question transmission sent during the survey and to a response input from the user of the respective conference participant terminal.
16 . The communication system as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising an output device which is set up to use the question transmission to send a question to the user of the respective conference participant terminal as a reaction to the receipt of the question transmission.
17 . The communication system as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the output device is set up to ask the question using text data, audio data, video data and/or still-picture data contained in the question transmission.
18 . The communication system as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the user input is a text input, a number input, a selection from a plurality of options and/or the recording of a voice message.
19 . The communication system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the evaluation rules also specify those elements of the communication system to which the evaluated response communication data are to be sent, and the media mixing device is set up to use the evaluation rules to send the evaluated response communication data.
20 . A method for performing a survey during a conference provided by means of a conference server in a communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
a conference media mixing device using media rules, which are stored in a database and are to be used to mix together communication data, which are sent by a plurality of conference participant terminals during the conference, before the communication data are output, and wherein the media rules have evaluation rules, to mix together the communication data sent by the plurality of conference participant terminals;
the plurality of conference participant terminals sending response communication data using a prescribed response syntax during a survey which is performed during the conference; and
the conference media mixing device using the evaluation rules which are to be used for evaluating the response communication data to evaluate the response communication data taking into account the response syntax.
21 . A conference media mixing device in a communication system having a conference server which is set up to provide a conference for a plurality of conference participant terminals and a database which contains media rules which have evaluation rules, wherein the media rules are to be used to mix together communication data, which are sent by the plurality of conference participant terminals during the conference, before the communication data are output, wherein the conference media mixing device is set up to use,the media rules to mix together the communication data, and to use the evaluation rules which are to be used for evaluating response communication data, which are sent using a prescribed response syntax by the conference participant terminals during a survey which is performed during the conference, to evaluate the response communication data taking into account the response syntax.
22 . A method for evaluating response communication data sent using a prescribed response syntax by a plurality of conference participant terminals during a survey which is performed during a conference provided for the conference participant terminals by a conference server in a communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
using media rules, which are stored in a database and have evaluation rules, to mix together communication data, which are sent by the plurality of conference participant terminals during the conference, before the communication data are output; and
using the evaluation rules, which are to be used for evaluating the response communication data, to evaluate the response communication data taking into account the response syntax.
23 . A communication system comprising:
a conference server set up to provide a conference for a plurality of conference participant terminals, wherein each of the plurality of the conference participant terminals has a signaling device which is set up to send response communication data using a prescribed response syntax during a survey which is performed during the conference;
a first database which contains media rules which are to be used to mix together communication data, which are sent by the plurality of conference participant terminals during the conference before they are output, wherein the media rules have evaluation rules which are to be used to evaluate the response communication data; and
a conference media mixing means using the media rules for mixing together the communication data and using the evaluation rules for evaluating the response communication data taking into account the response syntax.