Patent ID: 7130404
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of providing participation in a conference, comprising the steps of: converting voice information from all participants of a conference into textual information; combining the textual information with periodic time information to form combined information; storing the voice information with periodic time information; receiving keywords and an indication of absence from the conference from a telecommunication unit used by one of the participants; searching the combined information with the keywords to identity a first time when one or more of the keywords occur in the combined information; receiving an indication of return to conference from the telecommunication unit; determining a second time when the indication of return to conference was received from the telecommunication unit; accessing the stored voice information with the first time and determining the portion of the stored voice information between the first and second times; and reproducing the determined portion to the one of the participants via the telecommunication unit.