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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2008
Amit P. Barave, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Leila A. Al-muhtasib, San Jose, CA (US);
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Charles U. Eckel, Los Altos, CA (US);
Amit P. Barave, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Leila A. Al-Muhtasib, San Jose, CA (US);
Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Charles U. Eckel, Los Altos, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for unicast and multicast media processing is provided. The method may comprise receiving multicast packets communicating a plurality of media streams from a plurality of communication endpoints. Each communication endpoint may have an associated individual media stream. The method inspects the multicast packets to identify each individual media stream with which the packet is associated and individually processes each individual media stream. At least one individual media stream is unicast from its associated buffer to a unicast communication endpoint of the plurality of communication endpoints. In an example embodiment, the method may identify media capabilities of the unicast communication endpoint. The plurality of media streams may form part of a virtual talk group (VTG) in an audio conference.