Patent ID: 8929529
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying, by a processor, a voice collision between a first speaker and a second speaker in a multi-party call; receiving, by the processor, one or more voice collision rules; determining, by the processor, one of the first speaker and the second speaker to be a priority speaker based upon, at least in part, the one or more voice collision rules; and allocating, by the processors, call bandwidth to the priority speaker, including allocating a first call bandwidth to the first speaker for a first call participant subset and a second call bandwidth to the second speaker for a second call participant subset, wherein participants included within the first call participant subset of the multi-party call receives audio for the first speaker during the voice collision and participants included within the second call participant subset of the multi-party call receives audio for the second speaker during the voice collision.