Patent ID: 6091714
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A conferencing system for servicing a plurality of network terminations, comprising:a network having a plurality of network channels for carrying network information;a network memory associated with each of said network terminations for storing said network information for all of said plurality of network channels;a plurality of conference circuits, each associated with a select one of said network terminations, said conference circuits each operable to create a conference for said associated one of said network terminations such that each of the network terminations has a dedicated conference associated therewith, and said conference defining the ones of said network channels that are accessible by said associated network termination in said associated conference;a sorter associated with each network termination, and the associated conference, for selecting ones of said accessible network channels defined by said associated conference from said network memory in accordance with an associated sorting algorithm; anda summing circuit associated with each of the network terminations for summing the selected ones of said accessible network channels for output to said associated network termination.