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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2009
Aaron C. Sethi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Arun Prasad Jayandra, Redmond, WA (US);
Parker Shaw, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mathrubootham Janakiraman, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron C. Sethi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Arun Prasad Jayandra, Redmond, WA (US);
Parker Shaw, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mathrubootham Janakiraman, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A distributed system for distributing conferencing data such as video, audio, and other conference data. The distributed system includes a conference data dispatch system, multiple conference participant computing systems, and a network distribution path through which conference data may be distributed from the conference data dispatch system to the various conference participant computing systems. The conference data is segmented. Each segment is encoded to be suitable to a particular class of participant computing systems. The encoded segments may be cached in an intermediary computing system to thereby avoid a strict unicast model for distributing conference data.