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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2022
Applicant:
8x8, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Inventors:
Garth Judge, Campbell, CA (US);
James Kleck, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
8x8, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/568 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04M 3/567 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various example implementations are directed to methods and apparatuses for facilitating conferenced communications. In one of various examples involving audio signals received from a plurality of participants of a digital audio conference, a logic circuit is to process the audio signals via respective audio input circuits respectively associated with each of the endpoint devices, and, in response to a subset of the different audio signals deemed or qualified as having a loudest audio input, encodes audio from only the subset for broadcasting to participants of the digital audio conference.