US 6,839,417 C1 (12,632nd)
Method and apparatus for improved conference call management
Jordan K. Weisman, Redmond, WA (US); William G. Redmann, Glendale, CA (US); and Brian Elan Lee, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Jordan K. Weisman, Redmond, WA (US); William G. Redmann, Glendale, CA (US); and Brian Elan Lee, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Buffalo Patents, LLC
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,173, Mar. 14, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 6,839,417, issued Jan. 4, 2005, Appl. No. 10/238,401, Sep. 10, 2002.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Jun. 28, 2024.
Int. Cl. H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 3/42348 (2013.01) [H04M 3/42008 (2013.01); H04M 3/563 (2013.01); H04M 3/567 (2013.01); H04M 2203/1066 (2013.01); H04M 2207/18 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 27-29, 33, 38-41 and 46 are cancelled.
Claims 1-26, 30-32, 34-37, 42-45 and 47-59 were not reexamined.
27. A method for conducting a conference call having a plurality of participants comprising the steps of:
each participant selectably requesting designation as the current speaker,
designating at least one of the requesting participants as the current speaker, and
providing to each non-designated participant a processed aggregation of the voices of all the other participants, the processed aggregation having a greater portion of the voice of the current speaker.