Patent Document ID: 8175244
Application ID: 13314838

Base Claim:
1. A method for interpretation comprising: establishing a plurality of teleconference bridges, wherein each bridge of the plurality of teleconference bridges is associated with a respective language of a plurality of languages; connecting each participant communications device of a plurality of participant communications devices to a respective bridge of the plurality of teleconference bridges based upon the respective language associated with the respective bridge of the plurality of teleconference bridges, wherein each participant of a plurality of participants is associated with a respective one of the plurality of participant communications devices; connecting an interpreter communications device to a first one of the plurality of teleconference bridges and a second one of the plurality of teleconference bridges based upon language capabilities of an interpreter associated with the interpreter communications device; and conducting a conference between the participants, wherein the interpreter associated with the interpreter communications device simultaneously listens to a speaking one of the participants through the first one of the plurality of teleconference bridges and speaks an interpretation into the second one of the plurality of teleconference bridges.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selectively designating one of the participants as a floor-holder of the conference, wherein each of the participants are blocked from transmitting audio to the plurality of teleconference bridges except for the one of the participants currently designated as the floor-holder, and wherein the connections of the interpreter communications device are automatically configured such that the floor-holder is heard by the interpreter capable of interpreting the preferred language of the floor-holder and the remaining participants hear a resulting interpretation.