METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PAUSING AND RESTARTING LIVE VOICE SIGNAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a remote conference system which is capable of being paused without permitting a user to fail to hear conversation by providing a halt function in the system and executing a prescribed operation/release step. SOLUTION: Individual client terminals 1001 -100n in a remote conference telephone communication system is connected to a center terminal through a network 300, and audio data from the respective terminals 1001 -100n is transmitted to the center terminal. The center terminal processes received audio data and, after that, transmits a proper audio signal to the respective terminals 1001 -100n . When a user wants to leave a conference, the halt function is operated through the use of the halt operating device of a user interface. While the halt function is operated, audio data is compressed by a compressing device, stored in a storage device and outputted by a prescribed step at the time of releasing the half function.