Patent ID: 9538129
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F,G10L,G11B,H04L,H04M,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for processing audio content of a conference, the method comprising: providing, by at least one processor, audio from the conference to a first conference participant, wherein the audio is detected by at least one microphone; detecting, by the at least one processor, a start of a first utterance by the first conference participant; in response to detecting the start of the first utterance, stopping the provision of the audio from the conference to the first conference participant; stopping, in response to detecting a start of a second utterance by a second conference participant in a location remote from the first conference participant, providing of the audio from the conference to the second conference participant; storing, in a memory, an indication of a point in the audio from the conference at which the provision of the audio from the conference to the first conference participant was stopped; detecting, by the at least one processor, an end of the first utterance by the first conference participant; and in response to detecting the end of the first utterance, resuming the provision of the audio from the conference to the first conference participant at or just prior to the point referenced by the stored indication.