Patent 9602295 was granted and assigned to Avaya on March, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An audio conferencing server that facilitates free form multi-party conversations between computer users. The audio conferencing server includes gateway elements, mixing elements, and a control element. A method for using the audio conferencing system to facilitate free form multi-party conversations between computer users, particularly in a three-dimensional virtual world using an audio conferencing server.