Patent ID: 6594688
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A teleconferencing system for conducting a teleconference among a plurality of participants, each of said plurality of participants having a desktop workstation comprising video capture and display and audio capture and reproduction capabilities, said system comprising:a data path in communication with one or more of said desktop workstations so that data can be shared among each of said plurality of participants; an audio/video path in communication with one or more of said desktop workstations so that audio and video signals can be shared among each of said plurality of participants; and at least one adaptive acoustical echo canceler in communication with at least one of said desktop workstations, wherein said at least one adaptive acoustical echo canceler is configured to reduce echo during reproduction of audio signals at said at least one of said desktop workstations.