Patent ID: 7830866
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G10L,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting voice input from a presenting computer to one or more client computers over a computer network, comprising the steps of: providing audio data input though an incoming audio capable device directly to the presenting computer, wherein the presenting computer establishes and maintains an open HTTP connection with a server through the Internet, wherein audio data input voice buffers are created and transmitted to the server via the open HTTP connection; monitoring the audio data to distinguish between periods of sound and periods of silence based on a threshold, preferably determined prior to the start of an internet conference, which is dependant on a particular speaker providing the audio data, determined by measuring the energy of a speaker's sample audio data over a fixed interval and calculating a predetermined fraction of that energy; merging a frame buffer with a framed audio data and storing the audio data associated with the periods of silence and sound; and transmitting the audio data from said storing step to the client computers.