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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2013
Eric C. Anderson, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Michael Noriega, Sacramento, CA (US);
Eric C. Anderson, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Michael Noriega, Sacramento, CA (US);
VIDEOCONNECT, LLC, Peterborough, NH (US);
Abstract
A system and method for Internet video conferencing is provided. The method includes, generating a facilitator user interface on a display associated with a facilitator user device comprising a plurality of participant icons corresponding to a plurality of participant user devices for a conference, forming a plurality of subgroups comprising a first subgroup of the plurality of participant user devices and a second subgroup of the plurality of participant user devices, generating a participant user interface on each screen display associated with the first subgroup and the second subgroup for controlling interaction with a respective subgroup, linking each participant user device within the first subgroup with a second video signal, linking each participant user device in the second subgroup with a second video signal and intercommunicating between the first subgroup at the participant user devices without intercommunicating to the second subgroup.