| CPC H04N 7/152 (2013.01) [G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |

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1. An IP based remote video conferencing system, comprising:
a near-end having a first room and at least one microphone con-figured to detect audio signals from at least one participant in the first room and to determine position information regarding the at least one first participant,
wherein the near-end is configured to transmit a mono audio signal with the position information based on the detected audio signal as well as a two-channel spatial audio signal based on the detected audio signal,
a far end having a second room with at least one second participant and at least one audio reproducer, wherein said at least one audio reproducer receives and reproduces spatial audio signals based on the mono audio signal with the position information or the two-channel spatial audio signal as transmitted from the near-end depending on equipment at the far-end, and
a video conferencing service coupled to the near end and the far end configured to forward audio signals from the near end to the far end.
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