Patent ID: 7924995

Claim:
A method comprising: determining, at a teleconference bridge, the presence of i) a first endpoint and a second endpoint at a first teleconference location, said teleconference bridge being able to receive audio signals from each of said first endpoint and said second endpoint, and ii) a third endpoint and a fourth endpoint at a second teleconference location, said teleconference bridge being able to transmit audio signals to each of said third endpoint and said fourth endpoint, wherein said first teleconference location and said second teleconference location are acoustically isolated from each other; assigning i) said first endpoint and said third endpoint to a first audio channel, and ii) said second endpoint and said fourth endpoint to a second audio channel; receiving i) a first audio signal from said first endpoint, and ii) a second audio signal from said second endpoint; and transmitting i) a third audio signal to all endpoints that have been assigned to said first audio channel at said second teleconference location, wherein said third audio signal is based on said first audio signal, and ii) a fourth audio signal to all endpoints that have been assigned to said second audio channel at said second teleconference location, wherein said fourth audio signal is based on said second audio signal.