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Speaker identification and representation for a phone

  • US 8,315,366 B2
  • Filed: 07/22/2008
  • Issued: 11/20/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for facilitating a call between a first location at a first site and a second location at a second site, the method comprising:

  • receiving acoustic signals with a microphone array at the first location;

    determining a position of a first speaker based on the received acoustic signals; and

    transmitting, on a control channel separate from a data channel, a set of data including (1) control data describing call control for the call and (2) position data describing the determined position of the first speaker, the set of data transmitted to the second site.

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