Cisco Technology, Inc.

Simen Andresen

Hallgrim Sagen

Ivan Marius Kristiansen

Kristian Magnus Hage Østensen

Andre Lyngra

Jorunn Tyssø

Linn Tale Haugen

Cato Rotevatn Nyberg

Markus Høy-Petersen

Video conference device

Table microphone

Collaboration hub

Collaboration unit

A method for creating situation awareness when scheduling video conferences includes providing a user with access to a set of names stored in a directory service database, and allowing the user to select one or more of the names. In response to selection of one or more names, geographical location values associated with the names in the directory service database are retrieved, and a map is provided. The map and one or more geographical objects showing the geographical location of the users associated with the selected names is then displayed on a display.

Apparatus and method for creating situation awareness when scheduling conference calls

In one embodiment, a method is provided for receiving, by a first endpoint, a request for a video conferencing session from a second endpoint, and determining whether the first endpoint is in a peek accepting mode, and when the first endpoint is in a peek accepting mode acknowledging the request, activating a first filter by the first endpoint, providing a first multimedia stream from one or more first media source associated with the first endpoint, modifying the first multimedia stream, by the first filter, to produce a first modified multimedia stream, and transmitting the first modified multimedia stream by the first endpoint to the second endpoint.

Method, endpoint, and system for establishing a video conference

Video conference system endpoint

Growing community of inventors

Hosle, Norway

Simen Andresen