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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Polycom, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Deep Subhash Pai, Pune, IN;
Dragan Ignjatic, Belgrade, RS;
Assignee:
Polycom, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/605 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04W 40/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A P2P configuration where only the active talker or talkers are providing media streams, to reduce uplink bandwidth demands on an active talker, participants relay the active talker stream to other participants. A signaling server determines the closest participant receiving a requested stream and with available bandwidth to relay the requested stream to a requesting participant and controls the provision of the relayed stream. In certain cases, an additional intermediate participant may relay the requested stream.