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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Satterlee, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jamil Cheikhali, Tampa, FL (US);
John F. Gibbons, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Neal A. Shackleton, Tierra Verde, FL (US);
Assignee:
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/152 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes receiving a control message that identifies a first video conference terminal as an active talker. The method includes sending, in response to the control message, outgoing video conference data from the first video conference terminal via a first multicast group to two or more video conference terminals joined to the first multicast group. The method also includes sending a command to join a second multicast group in response to the control message.