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US 8,059,807 · App. 11/688,748 · Granted Nov 15, 2011

Keyword alerting in conference calls

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Patent No.
US 8,059,807
App. No.
11/688,748
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A conferencing system is disclosed in which a participant to a conference call can program the embodiment to listen for one or more “keywords” in the conference call. The keywords might be a participant's name or words associated with him or her or words associated with his or her area of knowledge. The embodiments uses speech recognition technology to listen for those words. When the embodiments detects that those words have been spoken, the embodiment alerts the participant—using audible, visual, and/or tactile signals—that the participant's attention to the call is warranted. When the keywords are chosen wisely, the benefit can be great.

Claims (6)

1. A method comprising:

receiving by a data-processing system a first signal, wherein the first signal specifies (i) a keyword, and (ii) a non-empty set S of people who participate in a conference call C, and wherein the first signal indicates that a user of a telecommunications terminal who is not a member of set S and who participates in conference call C is to be notified when the keyword is spoken by any member of set S during the conference call; and

when the keyword is spoken by any member of set S during the conference call, transmitting by the data-processing system a second signal to the telecommunications terminal that is for alerting the user that the keyword has been spoken by a member of set S.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving by the telecommunications terminal one or more user inputs that specify the keyword and set S and that indicate that the user is to be alerted when the keyword is spoken by any member of set S during the conference call; and

in response to the one or more user inputs, transmitting by the telecommunications terminal the first signal to the data-processing system.

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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2024
From: AVAYA LLC
To: ARLINGTON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: AVAYA LLC; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RELEASE AND REASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
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(SECURITY INTEREST) GRANTOR'S NAME CHANGE Recorded Sep 21, 2023
From: AVAYA INC.
To: AVAYA LLC
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (REEL/FRAME 045034/0001) Recorded May 18, 2023
From: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AVAYA INC.; INTELLISIST, INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC; OCTEL COMMUNICATIONS LLC; VPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ZANG, INC. (FORMER NAME OF AVAYA CLOUD INC.); HYPERQUALITY, INC.; HYPERQUALITY II, LLC; CAAS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.
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From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
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From: AVAYA INC.; AVAYA MANAGEMENT L.P.; INTELLISIST, INC.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 3, 2023
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2018
From: AVAYA INC.; AVAYA INTEGRATED CABINET SOLUTIONS LLC; OCTEL COMMUNICATIONS LLC; VPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ZANG, INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2018
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2018
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BANKRUPTCY COURT ORDER RELEASING ALL LIENS INCLUDING THE SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 041576/0001 Recorded Dec 15, 2017
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 27, 2007
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2007
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