Abstract: Disclosed herein are electronic conferencing systems that support audio conversations between local and remote participants. Further disclosed herein are methods for providing common control of a multi-pod electronic conferencing system. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are electronic conferencing systems that support audio conversations between local and remote participants. Further disclosed herein are conferencing systems that include multiple pods each having a speaker and at least one microphone. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are electronic conferencing systems that support audio conversations between local and remote participants. Further disclosed herein are methods for selecting microphones to gate on and multi-pod systems that utilize those methods. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are electronic conferencing systems that support audio conversations between local and remote participants. Further disclosed herein are methods for combining several microphones to form virtual microphones and conference pods that utilize those methods. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.