Google Inc.

International Paper Company

William Shields

Frederick P Karsa

Xiaohui Chen

Christopher Lane

James Deyerle

Antonio Petruzziello

Alan Savage

Mohan Kapil Singh

A videoconferencing system in which multiple browsers are utilized to present content and control functions for a server based videoconference. The content of the videoconference (e.g., video and audio streams) is presented on a display device driven by a local computer running a browser. The local computer also runs a separate browser that presents control functions on a different display device (e.g., a touch screen). The system can be scaled to include additional monitors and browsers running on the local computer. A local server is provided on the local computer for facilitating communications among the locally running browsers. In this manner, the browsers can communicate with each other via the local server executing on the local computer. The need to send traffic to a remote server to effectuate the browser-to-browser communication is eliminated. This provides for reduced latency and lowers the demands on the remote server.

Method and apparatus providing synchronization and control for server-based multi-screen videoconferencing

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New York, NY, United States of America

William Shields