Providing audio playback during a conference based on conference system source
View Patent ↗In various embodiments, a system may include a first conferencing system with a first speaker and a second speaker. The first conferencing system may be coupled to a second conferencing system and a third conferencing system. In some embodiments, audio from the second conferencing system may be reproduced through the first speaker, and audio from the third conferencing system may be reproduced through the second speaker. In some embodiments, audio from various participants at various conferencing systems may be reproduced on audio system components relative to the location of participants at the conferencing system. For example, audio from a first participant on the left side of a camera at a second conferencing system may be reproduced through left side speakers at the first conferencing system.
1. A conferencing system, comprising:
at least one first speaker;
at least one second speaker; and
a network port, wherein the conferencing system is coupled to a second and a third conferencing system over a network via the network port, wherein the conferencing system, the second conferencing system, and the third conferencing system are configured to communicate in a conference;
wherein audio from the second conferencing system and the third conferencing system is reproduced through the at least one first speaker and the at least one second speaker based on a position of the source of the audio, wherein audio originating from a first position at the second conferencing system and the first position at the third conferencing system is reproduced only through the at least one first speaker, and wherein audio originating from a second position at the second conferencing system and the second position at the third conferencing system is reproduced only through the at least one second speaker.
2. The conferencing system of claim 1 , wherein the first position is a left side and wherein the second position is a right side.
3. The conferencing system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one first speaker comprises a left speaker, wherein the at least one second speaker comprises a right speaker.
4. The conferencing system of claim 1 , wherein the first position is a front side and wherein the second position is a back side.
5. A method for providing audio in a conference, comprising:
receiving audio at a first conferencing system from a second conferencing system;
receiving audio at the first conferencing system from a third conferencing system;
reproducing the received audio at the first conferencing system through at least one first speaker and at least one second speaker, wherein said reproducing the received audio comprises reproducing audio from the second conferencing system and the third conferencing system based on a position of the source of the audio, wherein audio originating from a first position at the second conferencing system and the first position at the third conferencing system is reproduced only through the at least one first speaker, and wherein audio originating from a second position at the second conferencing system and the second position at the third conferencing system is reproduced only through the at least one second speaker.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first position is a left side and wherein the second position is a right side.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least one first speaker comprises a left speaker, wherein the at least one second speaker comprises a right speaker.
8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first position is a front side and wherein the second position is a back side.
9. A non-transitory, computer accessible memory medium storing program instructions for providing audio in a conference, wherein the program instructions are executable to:
receive audio at a first conferencing system from a second conferencing system;
receive audio at the first conferencing system from a third conferencing system;
reproduce the received audio at the first conferencing system through at least one first speaker and at least one second speaker, wherein said reproducing the received audio comprises reproducing audio from the second conferencing system and the third conferencing system based on a position of the source of the audio, wherein audio originating from a first position at the second conferencing system and the first position at the third conferencing system is reproduced only through the at least one first speaker, and wherein audio originating from a second position at the second conferencing system and the second position at the third conferencing system is reproduced only through the at least one second speaker.
10. The non-transitory, computer accessible memory medium of claim 9 , wherein the first position is a left side and wherein the second position is a right side.
11. The non-transitory, computer accessible memory medium of claim 10 , wherein the at least one first speaker comprises a left speaker, wherein the at least one second speaker comprises a right speaker.
12. The non-transitory, computer accessible memory medium of claim 9 , wherein the first position is a front side and wherein the second position is a back side.