Patent ID: 8442197
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A teleconferencing method, comprising: (a) when a first call is on hold and a second call is active on a selected communication device, the selected communication device displaying on a display device a first text representation of a speech-to-text converted first voice stream received from at least a first endpoint involved in the first call, wherein the first text representation is prepared by a telecommunications system switch which decodes text packets that represent the first voice stream, wherein receiving of the first text representation at the selected communication device activates or redefines activators, wherein the activators are user interface controls on the selected communication device that permit a user to effect a selected operation, and wherein the activators allow the telecommunications system switch to provide, by a switch buffer, one or more of pausing, fast forwarding and rewinding of the first text representation; and (b) the selected communication device simultaneously and audibly playing a second voice stream received from at least a second endpoint involved in the second call, wherein, during steps (a) and (b), the selected communication device does not receive at least one of the first voice stream and a second text representation of the second voice stream.