US 12,452,584 B2
Scalable conferencing systems and methods
Joseph Marash, Irvine, CA (US); Jacob Marash, Foothill Ranch, CA (US); and Baruch Berdugo, St. Kiriat Ata (IL)
Assigned to Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed by Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/586,600.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/143,258, filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0256281 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 1/34 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2024.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/345 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1818 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04M 3/567 (2013.01); H04M 15/8072 (2013.01); H04M 2203/5009 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conferencing device for use in a scalable conferencing system, the conferencing device comprising:
a housing supporting at least one of a microphone or a speaker, the housing configured to be positioned on a surface, mounted on a ceiling, or mounted on a wall; and
a first processing circuitry supported by the housing, the first processing circuitry configured to:
in response to receiving an indication that the conferencing device has been assigned to a group of conferencing devices associated with a room, store information associating the conferencing device with the room in a first memory; and
in response to being powered on:
retrieve the information associating the conferencing device with the room from the first memory;
in response to determining that the conferencing device has been assigned to the group of conferencing devices associated with the room, cause at least one of: the microphone to sense audio in the room or the speaker to reproduce audio in the room; and
in response to determining that the conferencing device has not been assigned to the group of conferencing devices associated with the room, prevent any microphone from sensing audio in the room and prevent any speaker from reproducing audio in the room.