US 11,539,845 B1Granted

Variable-volume audio streams

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorsSpencer G Fowers, David Anthony Tittsworth, Amber Dawn Hoak

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Abstract

Systems and methods for enhanced teleconferencing. An example method includes generating a teleconference interface with a plurality of user-controlled participant interface elements representing participants of the teleconference; identifying a first conversation based on positions, in the teleconference interface, of a first subset of the participant interface elements; identifying a second conversation based on the positions, in the teleconference interface, of a second subset of the participant interface elements; accessing supplemental data, from at least one of a networking or social media database, for the participants of the teleconference; and presenting, within the participant interface elements, the supplemental data.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for providing enhanced teleconferencing, the system comprising:

at least one processor;
and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving a first audio stream from a client device of a first participant of a teleconference;
receiving a second audio stream from a client device of a second participant of the teleconference;
receiving a third audio stream from a client device of a third participant of the teleconference, wherein the third participant is designated as a presenter;
generating a teleconference interface with a first participant interface element for the first participant and a second participant interface element for the second participant;
adjusting a volume of the first audio stream, to form a first volume adjusted audio stream, based on a position of the first participant interface element relative to the second participant interface element;
transmitting the volume adjusted audio stream to the client device of the second participant but not the client device of the third participant;
and
transmitting the third audio stream to the client device of the first participant and the client device of the second participant.

8 more elements

A computer-implemented method for providing enhanced teleconferencing, the method comprising:

receiving a first audio stream from a client device of a first participant of a teleconference;
receiving a second audio stream from a client device of a second participant of the teleconference;
receiving a third audio stream from a client device of a third participant of the teleconference, wherein the third participant is designated as a presenter;
generating a teleconference interface with a first participant interface element for the first participant and a second participant interface element for the second participant;
adjusting a volume of the first audio stream, to form a first volume adjusted audio stream, based on a position of the first participant interface element relative to the second participant interface element;
transmitting the volume adjusted audio stream to the client device of the second participant but not the client device of the third participant;
and
transmitting the third audio stream to the client device of the first participant and the client device of the second participant.

5 more elements

A computer storage media storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to:

receive a first audio stream from a client device of a first participant of a teleconference;
receive a second audio stream from a client device of a second participant of the teleconference;
receive a third audio stream from a client device of a third participant of the teleconference, wherein the third participant is designated as a presenter;
generate a teleconference interface with a first participant interface element for the first participant and a second participant interface element for the second participant;
adjust a volume of the first audio stream, to form a first volume adjusted audio stream, based on a position of the first participant interface element relative to the second participant interface element;
transmit the volume adjusted audio stream to the client device of the second participant but not the client device of the third participant;
and
transmit the third audio stream to the client device of the first participant and the client device of the second participant.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/357,883Filed 24 Jun 2021
Published: US 2022/0417365 A129 Dec 2022
Granted: 27 Dec 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04M 3/564
User guidance or feature selection: whereby the feature is a sub-conference
H04M 3/568
Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities: audio processing specific to telephonic…
H04L 65/1093
In-session procedures: by adding participants; by removing participants
H04L 65/403
Support for services or applications: arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences