Shared Speakerphone System for Multiple Devices in a Conference Room
AssigneePlantronics, Inc.
InventorsPeter L. Chu, Yibo Liu, Kwan Kin Truong, Hua Chen, Xiangdong Wang
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Abstract
A speakerphone system is shared with multiple participant devices of participants in a physical meeting that are using a web conferencing service. An active speaker is identified from the participants. The participant device of the active speaker is switched, such that the speakerphone system receives and renders audio of the active speaker. Video of the participant device of the active speaker is enabled, such that the web conferencing service displays the video to the participant devices.
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A computer-implementable method for sharing a speakerphone system (206) with multiple participant devices (202) comprising:
- identifying an active speaker of a group of participants (302) in a physical meeting setting (204) using a web conferencing service (208);
- choosing a participant device (202) of the identified active speaker;
- sending audio of the identified active speaker to the web conferencing service (208), wherein the web conference service (208) provides audio to the speakerphone system (206);
- and
- enabling video captured by the participant device (202) to be shown by the web conferencing service (208) on all participant devices (202) of the group of participants (302).
A system (100, 202, 210) comprising:
- a processor;
- a data bus coupled to the processor;
- and
- a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations for sharing a speakerphone system with multiple participant devices and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
- identifying an active speaker of a group of participants (302) in a physical meeting setting (204) using a web conferencing service (208);
- choosing a participant device (202) of the identified active speaker;
- sending audio of the identified active speaker to the web conferencing service (208), wherein the web conference service (208) provides audio to the speakerphone system (206);
- and
- enabling video captured by the participant device (202) to be shown by the web conferencing service (208) on all participant devices (202) of the group of participants (302).
A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium (para [0047]) embodying computer program code for sharing a speakerphone system with multiple participant devices, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
- identifying an active speaker of a group of participants (302) in a physical meeting setting (204) using a web conferencing service (208);
- choosing a participant device (202) of the identified active speaker;
- sending audio of the identified active speaker to the web conferencing service (208), wherein the web conference service (208) provides audio to the speakerphone system (206);
- and
- enabling video captured by the participant device (202) to be shown by the web conferencing service (208) on all participant devices (202) of the group of participants (302).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.