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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2008
Keith C. King, Austin, TX (US);
Wayne E. Mock, Round Rock, TX (US);
Keith C. King, Austin, TX (US);
Wayne E. Mock, Round Rock, TX (US);
LifeSize Communications, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, a video conferencing device (e.g., an endpoint) may generate a video frame that includes video images of two or more video conferencing endpoints. The video frame may then be sent to a video conferencing device that may receive the video frame and separate the two or more video images into separate video images. In some embodiments, coordinate information sent along with the video frame (e.g., in metadata) may be used by the video conferencing endpoint to determine the locations of the video images in the video frame to facilitate separation of the video images. By transmitting and receiving video frames with multiple video images (from different video conferencing endpoints), multiple video conferencing endpoints can implement a multi-way video conference call without using an MCU.