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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Polycom, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Noam Eshkoli, Tel Mond, IL;
Oded Gants, Hashomron, IL;
Assignee:
Polycom, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04M 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/152 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04M 3/563 (2013.01); H04M 3/565 (2013.01); H04M 3/567 (2013.01); H04M 2201/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for providing continuous presence video stream in a cascading video conference, i.e., a video conference that is conducted over more than one MCU. A cascading continuous presence composition controller (CCCC) selects which endpoints from among all of the endpoints participating in the conference should be displayed in the layout, regardless of which endpoints are associated with which MCU. The CCCC can be resident on one of the MCUs, resident on a cascading conference server, or can be distributed among all of the MCUs involved in a cascading conference.