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Mobile group conferencing with portable devices

  • US 9,203,633 B2
  • Filed: 07/09/2012
  • Issued: 12/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A conferencing method, comprising:

  • connecting, in a near-end connection, a first grouped device with one or more second grouped devices in a group, the first and second grouped devices being in a same near-end environment as one another;

    connecting, in a far-end connection, the first grouped device with a far-end outside the near-end environment;

    receiving, at the first grouped device via the far-end connection, far-end audio from the far-end;

    sending the far-end audio to at least one loudspeaker associated with the group in the same near-end environment;

    receiving near-end audio at the first grouped device from microphones associated with the group in the same near-end environment; and

    sending, from the first grouped device to the far-end via the far-end connection, the near-end audio of at least one of the microphones.

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