Intel Corporation

Vineet Kumar

Narjala Prakash Bhasker

The present invention is a method of providing a back-channel for a receiver terminal in a loosely-coupled conference. The loosely-coupled conference includes at least one receiver terminal and a H.323 panel having a multipoint controller with a multipoint address and one or more H.323 terminals coupled to the multipoint controller and each to transmit and receive media streams on a multicast address. The method includes the steps of receiving media streams of the on or more H.323 terminals on the multicast address by the receiver terminal, connecting to the multipoint controller by using the multipoint address, and joining the H.323 panel to transmit and receive media streams on the multicast address for establishing bi-directional communication with the one or more H.323 terminals.

Method and apparatus to provide a backchannel for receiver terminals in a loosely-coupled conference

A computer program product and system for providing a back-channel for a receiver terminal in a conference is described. In one embodiment, the computer program product includes a computer usable medium having computer program code embodied therein to receive media streams of one or more terminals in a panel on a multicast address. The computer program product further includes computer readable program code to connect to a multipoint controller in the panel by using a multipoint address, and computer readable program code to join the panel to transmit and receive media streams on the multicast address and for establishing bi-directional communication with the one or more terminals.

System and apparatus to provide a backchannel for a receiver terminal in a conference

The present invention is a method of throttling connections to a multipoint controller in a loosely-coupled conference. The loosely-coupled conference includes at least one receiver terminal and a H.323 panel having a multipoint controller and one or more H.323 terminals coupled to the multipoint controller and each to transmit and receive media streams on a multicast address. The method includes the steps of receiving a callable address of a receiver terminal on the multicast address, determining whether sufficient resources are available to allow the receiver terminal to join the panel, and connecting to the receiver terminal using the callable address and allowing the receiver terminal to join the H.323 panel and transmit and receive media streams on the multicast address if sufficient resources are available.

Method and apparatus to throttle connections to a H.323 multipoint

A method and apparatus of providing a back-channel for a receiver terminal in a loosely-coupled conference is described. The loosely-coupled conference includes at least one receiver terminal and a H.323 panel having a multipoint controller with a multipoint address and one or more H.323 terminals coupled to the multipoint controller and each to transmit and receive media streams on a multicast address. The method includes the steps of receiving media streams of the one or more H.323 terminals on the multicast address by the receiver terminal, connecting to the multipoint controller by using the multipoint address, and joining the H.323 panel to transmit and receive media streams on the multicast address for establishing bi-directional communication with the one or more H.323 terminals.

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