Patent ID: 7689568
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A communication system, comprising: a bridge device being configured to manage multi-channel communications, and identifying a terminal status based on information associated with at least one of the host and participant terminals; the host terminal coupled to the bridge device through a first network, the host terminal being configured to receive host signals via a receiving interface and to transmit the host signals via a transmitting interface to the bridge device, the host terminal further including a signal processing unit being configured to process the output signals from the bridge device; the participant terminal coupled to the bridge device through a second network, the participant terminal being configured to receive participant signals and to transmit the participant signals to the bridge device, the bridge device being configured to receive the participant signals from the participant terminal and the host signals from the host terminal and transmit the participant signals from the participant terminal and the host signals from the host terminal only to the host terminal but not another participant terminal; and a broadcasting device coupled to at least one of the host terminal and the bridge device for broadcasting at least one of the participant signals from the participant terminal and the host signals from the host terminal.