Patents by Inventor Michel Lee Hearn

Michel Lee Hearn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for playing back individual conference callers
    Patent number: 8373743
    Abstract: A teleconferencing system receives at least two streams that are parts of a live conference and individually records at least one of the streams. During the conference, a conferencing system receives a request from a communication device that is participating in the conference for at least a portion of at least one but not all of the recorded streams and in response sends the requested portion(s) of the stream to the communication device. The communication device can then play back the requested portion(s) of the recorded stream(s) to a participant in the conference. The streams may be audio and/or video streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventor: Michel Lee Hearn
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING BACK INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CALLERS
    Publication number: 20100232579
    Abstract: A teleconferencing system receives at least two streams that are parts of a live conference and individually records at least one of the streams. During the conference, a conferencing system receives a request from a communication device that is participating in the conference for at least a portion of at least one but not all of the recorded streams and in response sends the requested portion(s) of the stream to the communication device. The communication device can then play back the requested portion(s) of the recorded stream(s) to a participant in the conference. The streams may be audio and/or video streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: AVAYA INC.
    Inventor: Michel Lee Hearn