US 12,088,762 B2
Systems and methods for videoconferencing with spatial audio
Pierre Seigneurbieux, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on May 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/323,937.
Application 18/323,937 is a continuation of application No. 17/467,871, filed on Sep. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,700,335.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300251 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 3/56 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 3/568 (2013.01) [H04M 3/567 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
present a user interface (“UI”) associated with a conference that includes a plurality of User Equipment (“UEs”);
receive an audio stream associated with a particular UE of the plurality of UEs;
identify a position within the UI that is associated with the particular UE; and
audibly present the audio stream associated with the particular UE, wherein audibly presenting the audio stream associated with the particular UE includes:
setting the position within the UI, that is associated with the particular UE, as a sound source of the audio stream,
identifying a user, associated with the particular UE, depicted within the UI as presented at the device,
identifying a direction in which the user is facing, and
setting a direction of the audio stream, as audibly presented at the device, as the direction in which the user is facing.