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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2006
Warren V. Barkley, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Philip A. Chou, Bellevue, WA (US);
Regis J. Crinon, Redmond, WA (US);
Tim Moore, Bellevue, WA (US);
Warren V. Barkley, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Philip A. Chou, Bellevue, WA (US);
Regis J. Crinon, Redmond, WA (US);
Tim Moore, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for managing visual compositions for a multimedia conference call are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor to allocate a display object bit rate for multiple display objects where a total display object bit rate for all display objects is equal to or less than a total input bit rate, and decode video information from multiple video streams each having different video layers with different levels of spatial resolution, temporal resolution and quality for two or more display objects. Other embodiments are described and claimed.