Patent ID: 11929841
Assignee: ROLLAND & HAMANN INNOVATIONS, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. A system, comprising:
a camera to capture images associated with a first user;
a microphone to capture audio associated with the first user;
a display to present user data of the first user at a first location and user data associated with a plurality of users at corresponding locations during a videoconference; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium, storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to:
activate a silent mode for the microphone when the videoconference is initiated;
set a threshold volume and designated frequency range for the microphone;
deactivate the silent mode for the microphone when the microphone receives a sound that exceeds the threshold volume and is within the designated frequency range or when a designated phrase is spoken, wherein the designated phrase includes a designated name of one of the plurality of users of the videoconference;
send the sound received to a particular user associated with the designated name of the one of the plurality of users of the videoconference and refrain from sending the sound to remaining users of the plurality of users of the videoconference;
activate the silent mode for the microphone when the microphone stops receiving the sound;
activate control over a plurality of computing devices associated with other users of the videoconference; and
utilize the control to restrict the plurality of computing devices from exiting a full-screen mode of an application window of the videoconference without exiting the videoconference.