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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2011
Applicants:

Peter Francis Couse, Ottawa, CA;

Anjie Wu, Kanata, CA;

Inventors:

Peter Francis Couse, Ottawa, CA;

Anjie Wu, Kanata, CA;

Assignee:

Mitel Networks Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 2227/009 (2013.01); H04R 2430/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for receiving sound from a teleconference host at a teleconference phone is disclosed. The method comprises identifying a person to act as the teleconference host. A location of the identified teleconference host relative to the teleconference phone is determined. A plurality of microphones on the conference phone are configured as a beamforming receiver to receive an audio signal from the location of the teleconference host. Selected microphones from the plurality of microphones are biased to receive sound from the direction of the teleconference host relative to sound received from other directions.


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