Patent ID: 8976712
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A speakerphone for communicating with one or more endpoints via a conference bridge, the speakerphone comprising: an audio processing unit; a control module communicably coupled to the audio processing unit; and a network interface communicably coupled to the control module; wherein the control module is operable to send control data in combination with audio data to the conference bridge; wherein the control data comprises an instruction from the speakerphone that the conference bridge collect responses to a poll of the persons participating in the conference call; wherein the network interface sends and receives data according to a protocol selected from the group consisting of IP, modem data, ISDN, and analog; and wherein the control data is combined in-band with the audio data and wherein the control data is substantially humanly inaudible.