Patent ID: 9307089
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: creating, by a conference call server, a conference call comprising at least three user devices, the at least three user devices being capable of participating in the conference call by providing audio inputs to the conference call server; creating, by the conference call server, a first conference call group and a second conference call group within the conference call, the first conference call group and the second conference call group each comprising a logical grouping of users that can participate in the conference call, the first conference call group comprising at least two of the at least three user devices and the second conference call group comprising at least one of the at least three user devices; implementing, by the conference call server, privacy control within the conference call by preventing at least one audio input corresponding to the first conference call group from being accessible to the second conference call group; and providing, by the conference call server, the at least three user devices graphical information comprising the first conference call group comprising the at least two of the at least three user devices, the second conference call group comprising the at least one of the at least three user devices, and the implemented privacy control within the conference call; receiving a filter noise command from one of the at least three user devices, the filter noise command comprising identification information corresponding to a user device of the at least three user devices and an instruction to filter out background noise for the user device of the at least three user devices; identifying the user device of the at least three user devices based on the identification information of the filter noise command; and filtering out background noise from an audio input of the identified user device within the conference call.