System and method that bridges communications between multiple unfied communication(UC) clients
This disclosure describes a system and method that bridges communications between multiple unified communication (UC) clients. This disclosure provides a UC bridging tool configured to execute computer implemented instructions using the processor and memory. The processor is further configured to: receive UC client specific human interface device HID commands from a plurality of UC clients with a UC client driver module, wherein each UC client driver is configured to translate UC client specific human interface device (HID) commands for each UC client driver to a common format; receive HID commands in the common format and translate the HID commands from the common format into a device specific format with a UC audio assistant module; pass the HID commands in the device specific format to an output device with a device specific driver module that further comprises a set of device specific drivers.
1. An apparatus that bridges communications between multiple unified communication (UC) clients by receiving, translating, and routing commands to one or more output devices, comprising:
a UC bridging tool configured to execute computer implemented instructions using the processor and memory, the processor configured to:
receive UC client specific human interface device HID commands from a plurality of UC clients with a UC client driver module, where each UC client driver module comprises one or more virtual audio device drivers that further include a multimedia driver configured to allow the transfer of audio streams for one UC client to another UC client, each virtual audio device driver is configured to receive the audio streams from two or more UC client drivers and mix them into a single audio stream using the common format, each UC client driver module is configured to translate UC client specific human interface device (HID) commands for each UC client driver module to a common format;
receive the HID commands in the common format and translate the HID commands from the common format into a device specific format with a UC audio assistant module; and
route the translated HID commands in the device specific format from the UC audio assistant module to one or more output devices with a device specific driver module that further comprises a set of device specific drivers.
2. The claim according to claim 1 where the UC audio assistant module is further configured to perform a mix-minus methodology on a UC client audio stream.
3. The claim according to claim 1 where the set of UC client drivers is configured to translate UC client specific human interface device (HID) commands from a plurality of types of UC clients.
4. The claim according to claim 1 where the UC audio assistant module is configured to pass the HID commands in the common format back to the UC client driver.
5. A method to make an apparatus that bridges communications between multiple unified communication (UC) clients by receiving, translating, and routing commands to one or more output devices, comprising:
providing a UC bridging tool configured to execute computer implemented instructions using the processor and memory, the processor configured to:
receive UC client specific human interface device HID commands from a plurality of UC clients with a UC client driver module, where each UC client driver module comprises one or more virtual audio device drivers that further include a multimedia driver configured to allow the transfer of audio streams from one UC client to another UC client, each virtual audio device driver is configured to receive the audio streams from two or more UC client drivers and mix them into a single audio stream using the common format, each UC client driver module is configured to translate UC client specific human interface device (HID) commands for each UC client driver module to a common format;
receive the HID commands in the common format and translate the HID commands from the common format into a device specific format with a UC audio assistant module; and
route the translated HID commands in the device specific format from the UC audio assistant module to one or more output devices with a device specific driver module that further comprises a set of device specific drivers.
6. The claim according to claim 5 where the UC audio assistant module is further configured to perform a mix-minus methodology on a UC client audio stream.
7. The claim according to claim 5 where the set of UC client drivers is configured to translate UC client specific human interface device (HID) commands from a plurality of types of UC clients.
8. The claim according to claim 5 where the UC audio assistant module is configured to pass the HID commands in the common format back to the UC client driver.
9. A method to bridge communications between multiple unified communication (UC) clients by receiving, translating, and routing commands to one or more output devices, comprising:
configuring a UC bridging tool to execute computer implemented instructions using the processor and memory, the processor configured to:
receive UC client specific human interface device HID commands from a plurality of UC clients with a UC client drive module, where each UC client driver module comprises one or more virtual audio device drivers that further include a multimedia driver configured to allow the transfer of audio streams for one UC client to another UC client, each virtual audio device driver is configured to receive the audio streams from two or more UC client drivers and mix them into a single audio stream using the common format, each UC client driver module is configured to translate UC client specific human interface device (HID) commands for each UC client driver module to a common format;
receive the HID commands in the common format and translate the HID commands from the common format into a device specific format with a UC audio assistant module; and
route the translated HID commands in the device specific format from the UC audio assistant module to one or more output devices with a device specific driver module that further comprises a set of device specific drivers.
10. The claim according to claim 9 where the UC audio assistant module is further configured to perform a mix-minus methodology on a UC client audio stream.
11. The claim according to claim 9 where the set of UC client drivers is configured to translate UC client specific human interface device (HID) commands from a plurality of types of UC clients.
12. The claim according to claims claim 9 where the UC audio assistant module is configured to pass the HID commands in the common format back to the UC client driver.
13. A non-transitory program storage device readable by a computing device that tangibly embodies a program of instructions executable by the computing device to perform a method to bridge communications between multiple unified communication (UC) clients by receiving, translating, and routing commands to one or more output devices, comprising:
configuring a UC bridging tool to execute computer implemented instructions using the processor and memory, the processor configured to:
receive UC client specific human interface device HID commands from a plurality of UC clients with a UC client driver module, where each UC client driver module comprises one or more virtual audio device drivers that further include a multimedia driver configured to allow the transfer of audio streams for one UC client to another UC client, each virtual audio device driver is configured to receive the audio streams from two or more UC client drivers and mix them into a single audio stream using the common format, each UC client drive module is configured to translate UC client specific human interface device (HID) commands for each UC client driver module to a common format;
receive the HID commands in the common format and translate the HID commands from the common format into device specific format with a UC audio assistant module; and
route the translated HID commands in the device specific format from the UC audio assistant module to one or more output devices with a device specific driver module that further comprises a set of device specific drivers.
14. The claim according to claim 13 where the UC audio assistant module is further configured to perform a mix-minus methodology on a UC client audio stream.
15. The claim according to claim 13 where the set of UC client drivers is configured to translate UC client specific human interface device (HID) commands from a plurality of types of UC clients.
16. The claim according to claim 13 where the UC audio assistant module is configured to pass the HID commands in the common format back to the UC client driver.