Clearone Communications Hong Kong, Limited

Avishay Ben Natan

Derek Graham

Peter H Manley

Sandeep Kalra

This disclosure describes a virtual multipoint control unit in communication with one or more unified communication (UC) applications on one or more host devices over a network that allows ad hoc UC conferences between UC applications from different vendors. The virtual multipoint control unit includes a host device coupled to a network. In addition, the unit includes one or more unified communication (UC) applications being executed in software instructions. The virtual multipoint control unit virtualizes the physical audio devices to be shared simultaneously between multiple UC applications and allows ad hoc UC conferences between said UC applications from the same and or different UC vendors.

Virtual multipoint control unit for unified communications

This disclosure describes a system for negotiating video camera and display capabilities in a video conferencing environment. The system includes a local camera; a local communication device; and a session negotiation device where the session negotiation device further comprises a processor, memory, and a storage. The processor executes a sequence of computer programmable software instructions that further includes determining negotiation information associated with the local camera; defining the determined negotiation information in a predetermined format compatible with the remote display; applying the determined negotiation information for negotiating capability of the local camera and the remote display for data communication; sending the determined negotiation information to the remote display; mapping data streams from the local camera to the remote display using the determined negotiation information; and defining a predetermined layout of the mapped data streams on the remote display based on the determined negotiation information.

Method and apparatus for negotiating video camera and display capabilities in a video conferencing environment

This disclosure describes a system and method for negotiating video camera and display capabilities in a multi-camera/multi-display video conferencing environment. The method includes the at least one processor () determining negotiation information associated with a group of local devices (). The negotiation information includes relative spatial information and data stream characteristics. The method also includes the at least one processor () defining the determined negotiation information in a predetermined format compatible with at least one remote device (). The method further includes the at least one processor () applying the determined negotiation information for negotiating capability of at least one device (-) among the group of local devices () and the at last one remote device () for data communication.

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Avishay Ben Natan