Patent ID: 8284916

Claim:
A telecommunication device comprising: a networking port adapted to connect the telecommunication device with one or more other telecommunication devices to establish a conference call including the telecommunication device and the one or more other telecommunication devices; two or more microphone ports adapted to connect the telecommunication device with two or more microphones, wherein each microphone: is co-located with the telecommunication device; is individually identifiable by the telecommunication device; is associated with participant identifiable by a participant ID and co-located with the microphone; and is adapted to transmit audio content generated by the associated participant to the telecommunication device; and a processor adapted to: generate data packets encoding the audio content generated by the participants associated with the two or more microphones, wherein each data packet: identifies at least one participant contributing to the audio content encoded in the data packet; and comprises the participant IDs of one or more participants in order to enable identification of the one or more participants; and transmit the data packets via the networking port for the conference call.