Method and system for providing a group chat service
CA 2605595 C · Owner: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited · Inventors: Lin, Youyao; Fan, Zhibin; Qin, Pengcheng
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A method for providing a group chat service includes: creating a chat group including , a first member and one or more second members; establishing a P2P connection to each of , the second members; receiving audio data uploaded from the second members through the , P2P connections; mixing the audio data received and audio data of the first member to , generate mixed audio data and transmitting the mixed audio data to the second members , through the P2P connections by the first member; receiving by the second members the , mixed audio data. The present invention also discloses a system for providing a group chat , service. According to the present invention text chat and audio chat …
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- Filed March 21, 2006 and granted July 17, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 21, 2026.
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