WO2000039996B1 - System and method for visually identifying speaking participants in a multi-participant networked event - Google Patents

System and method for visually identifying speaking participants in a multi-participant networked event

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WO2000039996B1
WO2000039996B1 PCT/US1999/030639 US9930639W WO0039996B1 WO 2000039996 B1 WO2000039996 B1 WO 2000039996B1 US 9930639 W US9930639 W US 9930639W WO 0039996 B1 WO0039996 B1 WO 0039996B1
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visual identifier
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Edward A Lerner
Arthur W Min
James E G Morris
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Multitude Inc
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    • H04M2203/1066—Game playing
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    • H04M3/42025—Calling or Called party identification service
    • H04M3/42034—Calling party identification service
    • H04M3/42059—Making use of the calling party identifier
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    • H04M3/42365—Presence services providing information on the willingness to communicate or the ability to communicate in terms of media capability or network connectivity
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
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    • H04M3/56—Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities
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Abstract

A method of visually identifying speaking participants in a multi-participant event such as an audio conference or an on-line game includes the step of receiving packets of digitized sound from a network connection. The identity of the participant associated with each packet is used to route the packet to a channel buffer (52-1) or an overflow buffer (54). Each channel buffer (52-1) may be assigned to a single participant in the multi-participant. A visual identifier module (60) updates the visual identifier associated with participants that have been assigned a channel buffer (52-1). In some embodiments, the appearance of the visual identifier associated with the participant is dependent upon the differential of an acoustic parameter derived from content in the associated buffer channel and a reference value stored in a participant record.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS[received by the International Bureau on 19 September 2000 (19.09.00); original claims 1 , 5 and 9 amended; remaining claims unchanged (3 pages)]
1. A computer product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer [program] product comprising a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism comprising:
(i) a participant data structure comprising a plurality of participant records, each participant record associated with a different participant in a multi-participant event; (ii) an application module for providing a user interface to said multi-participant event;
(iii) a sound control module for receiving a plurality of packets from a network connection, each said packet associated with a participant in said multi-participant event and including digitized speech from said participant, said sound [controller] control module comprising: a plurality of buffers, each buffer including instructions for managing a subset of said packets; a packet controller that includes instructions for determining said participant associated with said packet and instructions for routing said packet to a buffer, wherein when said packet is routed to said buffer, said packet is managed by said buffer; and a visual identification module that includes instructions for visually identifying said participant in said multi-participant event and a characteristic associated with said participant; and (iv) a sound mixer that includes instructions for mixing digitized speech from at least one of said buffers to produce a signal that is presented to an output device.
2. The computer product of claim 1 wherein said participant record ftirther includes a participant source identifier, a visual identifier associated with said participant, a position of said visual identifier on an output device, and a visual identifier state.
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3. The computer product of claim 2 wherein said visual identification module further includes instructions for updating said visual identifier state in a participant record associated with said participant, wherem: when said participant is speaking in said multi-participant event, said visual identifier is set to a first state; and when said participant is not speaking in said multi-participant event, said visual identifier is set to a second state.
4. The computer product of claim 3 wherein said application module includes instructions for displaying said visual identifier on an output device based upon said characteristic associated with said participant.
5. The computer product of claim 2 wherein said application module includes instructions for displaying said visual identifier on an output device, wherein: when said participant associated with said visual identifier is speaking in said multi- participant event said [unique] visual identifier is displayed in a first state; and when said participant associated with said visual identifier is not speaking in said multi-participant event said visual identifier is displayed in a second state.
6. The computer product of claim 2 wherein:
(i) said participant record further includes a reference speech amplitude associated with said participant; and
(ii) said visual identification module further includes: instructions for determining a buffered speech amplitude based upon a characteristic of digitized speech in at least one packet, associated with said participant, that is managed by a buffer; instructions for computing a speech amplitude differential based on said buffered speech amplitude and said reference speech amplitude; instructions for updating said visual identifier associated with said participant based on said speech amplitude differential; and
- 25 - instructions for storing said buffered speech amplitude as said reference speech amplitude in said participant record.
7. The computer product of claim 6 wherein said application module includes instructions for displaying said visual identifier on an output device based on a function of said visual identifier state in said participant record; and said instructions for updating said visual identifier associated with said participant based on said speech amplitude differential includes instructions for updating said visual identifier state based upon a value of said speech amplitude differential.
8. The computer product of claim 1 wherein said multi-participant event is selected from the group consisting of an audio conference and an on-line game.
9. The computer product of claim 1 wherein: said plurality of buffers includes an overflow buffer and a plurality of channel buffers, wherem:
(i) when a packet is present in a channel buffer, said channel buffer is characterized by an identity of said packet; and
(ii) when no packet is present in a channel buffer said channel buffer is available; and said instructions for routing said packet to said buffer include[s] instructions for comparing an identity of the participant associated with said packet with said identity that characterizes said channel buffer, wherein:
(a) when said identity of the participant associated with said packet matches said identity characterizing said channel buffer, said packet is routed to said channel buffer; and
(b) when said identity of the participant associated with said packet does not match said identity that characterizes a channel buffer, said packet is routed to an available channel buffer, and when no channel buffer in said plurality of channel buffers is available, said packet is routed to said overflow buffer.
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