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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2006
Warren V. Barkley, Redmond, WA (US);
Philip A. Chou, Bellevue, WA (US);
Regis J. Crinon, Camas, WA (US);
Tim Moore, Bellevue, WA (US);
Warren V. Barkley, Redmond, WA (US);
Philip A. Chou, Bellevue, WA (US);
Regis J. Crinon, Camas, WA (US);
Tim Moore, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques to perform rate matching for multimedia conference calls are described. An apparatus may comprise a conferencing server and a rate matching module. The rate matching module may be arranged to adjust bit rates between media communications channels for client terminals in a conference call, with the rate matching module to remove video frames from a set of video information received on a first media communications channel to reduce a bit rate for the video information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.