Patent ID: 6141597
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: G10L,H04B,H04M

Abstract:
A method for distributing audio signals from one of a plurality of audio sources to an output, comprising the steps of:receiving compressed audio signals from each one of the plurality of audio sources at an audio processor;decompressing the compressed received audio signals;coupling the compressed audio signal from one of the plurality of audio sources to the output, selectively, based upon speech information detected in the uncompressed audio signals from the plurality of audio sources;mixing selected ones of the uncompressed audio signals, based upon said speech information, from the plurality of audio sources into a uncompressed composite audio signal;compressing the uncompressed composite signal into a corresponding compressed composite signal; andcoupling the compressed composite signal to the output when speech audio signals are detected from more than one source and coupling the selected one of the compressed audio signals to the output when speech is detected from only one of the sources.