US Patent Issued to Intel on Nov. 18 for "Enhanced spatial audio-based virtual seating arrangements" (American, Mexican, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,439, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Enhanced spatial audio-based virtual seating arrangements" was invented by Georg Stemmer (Munich), Willem Beltman (West Linn, Ore.) and Hector Cordourier Maruri (Guadalajara, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to presenting video conferencing virtual seating arrangements. A method may include generating a first similarity score indicative of a first similarity between a first voice of a first virtual meeting user and a second voice of a second virtual meeting user; generating a second similari...