Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Speakerphone configuration for conferencing
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Application No.: US15370148Application Date: 2016-12-06
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Publication No.: US09854080B2Publication Date: 2017-12-26
- Inventor: Steven Houtchens , Göran Hauer , Johanna Liljedahl , Daniel Bodin
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: H04M1/00
- IPC: H04M1/00 ; H04M1/62 ; H04M1/60

Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a speakerphone configuration for audio and/or video conferencing that includes a cavity underneath the speakerphone where cable ports are arranged. The arrangement of the cable ports are such that when a power plug is installed in the speakerphone, a telecommunication port is blocked, and vice versa. In addition, the port arrangement allows cables to attach to opposite walls in the cavity such that cables run parallel to each other within the cavity. The disclosed speakerphone may be daisy-chained together and function as a single unit. Therefore a speakerphone according to the disclosure may function as either a master unit, a mid unit, or an end unit in a string of speakerphones depending on how the speakerphone is wired. The port arrangement in the cavity increases ease for setup and daisy-chaining of multiple speakerphone units.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170295275A1 SPEAKERPHONE CONFIGURATION FOR CONFERENCING Public/Granted day:2017-10-12
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