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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2004
Tracy A. Bathurst, South Jordan, UT (US);
David Lambert, South Jordan, UT (US);
Wayne Whiteley, Lindon, UT (US);
Carrie L. Owen, Layton, UT (US);
Tracy A. Bathurst, South Jordan, UT (US);
David Lambert, South Jordan, UT (US);
Wayne Whiteley, Lindon, UT (US);
Carrie L. Owen, Layton, UT (US);
Clearone Communications, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes a method of gating a multi-pod conferencing system for local conference participants to communicate with remote conference participants that includes providing a plurality of pods where an individual pod connects to one or more plurality of pods through a data communication means. The individual pods further include: pod processor means, digital to analog converter means, analog to digital converting means, virtual microphone means, pod echo cancellation means, and microphone gating means. The disclosed method further includes providing a base unit that uses data communication means and base controller means. The disclosed method further includes the computed values of the pod gating means being distributed to other pods to gate the pods on and or off.