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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Noam Eshkoli, Tel Mond, IL;
Niv Wagner, Rechovot, IL;
Inventors:
Noam Eshkoli, Tel Mond, IL;
Niv Wagner, Rechovot, IL;
Assignee:
Polycom, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
New videoconferencing services and methods for handling the video and audio of one or more sub-conferences running in parallel to a main videoconference are disclosed. In exemplary embodiment, a multipoint control unit (MCU) that controls one or more videoconferences may be requested by a conferee of a videoconference (a main videoconference) to establish a sub-conference according to a requester mode of operation.