Patent ID: 6125115
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04R

Abstract:
A process for teleconferencing over a computer network, the network having at least first and second audio sources and at least a first audio reproduction station with at least first and second speakers, each of said first and second audio sources outputting, over said computer network, audio information coupled to source identification information, the process comprising:receiving, at said first audio reproduction station, first audio information and first source identification information from said first audio source, wherein said first source identification information is coupled to said first audio information such that said first audio information, when received at said first audio reproduction station, can be identified as coming from said first source, and reproducing first audio output at said first audio reproduction station, using said speakers, controlled, using said first source information in said first audio reproduction station, to simulate a location for said first audio information in a first three-dimensional location, using three-dimensional spatialization control; andreceiving, at said first audio reproduction station, second audio information and second source identification information from said second audio source, wherein said second source identification information is coupled to said second audio information such that said second audio information, when received at said first audio reproduction station, can be identified as coming from said second source, and reproducing second audio output at said first audio reproduction station, using said speakers, controlled, using said second source information, to simulate a location for said second audio information in a second three-dimensional location, different from said first location, using three-dimensional spatialization control, wherein a listener at said first audio reproduction station can identify the source of reproduced audio by its simulated location;wherein at least one of said first and second three-dimensional locations is a location which is not along a line between said first and second speakers.