Patent ID: 11924370
Assignee: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling a real-time communication between at least two participants on a real-time conversation and collaboration platform via a digital assistant unit, wherein the at least two participants are connected to a conferencing application via a communications network establishing the communication, the method comprising:
identifying a first participant from the at least two participants as an active speaker in a conversation by using audio signals received from the first participant via a microphone;
verifying whether the first participant is authorized to access the digital assistant unit;
activating the digital assistant unit for the first participant based on a detection of a predetermined event;
transcribing, in response to a determination that the first participant is authorized to access the digital assistant unit, the audio signals using a voice recognition procedure to generate a transcription; and
analyzing the transcription to identify one or more voice commands included in the audio signals.