US 12,242,770 B2
Identifying co-located devices within a teleconferencing session
Henrik Fahlberg Lundin, Sollentuna (SE); and Mans Gustaf Sebastian Ullberg, Stockholm (SE)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/297,343.
Prior Publication US 2024/0338167 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [H04L 65/4046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by a participant computing device that is connected to a teleconferencing session and comprises one or more processors, mixed audio data from a teleconference computing system that orchestrates the teleconferencing session, wherein the mixed audio data comprises mixed audio comprising audio captured by a plurality of second participant computing devices connected to the teleconferencing session;
comparing, by the participant computing device, the mixed audio and audio captured by the participant computing device prior to receipt of the mixed audio data to determine that the participant computing device is co-located with at least one of the plurality of second participant computing devices;
obtaining, by the participant computing device, information indicating that two or more of the plurality of second participant computing devices are featured devices that most actively contribute to the mixed audio;
receiving, by the participant computing device, co-location information for each of the two or more featured devices, wherein the co-location information is indicative of whether a featured device is co-located with the participant computing device; and
based on the co-location information for each of the two or more featured devices, making, by the participant computing device, a determination that at least one featured device of the two or more featured devices is co-located with the participant computing device.