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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Mitel Networks Corporation, Ottawa, CA;
Mitel Networks Corporation, Ottawa, CA;
Abstract
A method performed by a videoconferencing device, the method comprising: maintaining a database () comprising multiple records, each record including bit rate information and relating to a particular endpoint identifier; initiating a videoconference call with a target endpoint (); identifying (S) one or more records in the database () that relate to the endpoint identifier of the target endpoint (); identifying (S) one or more records in the database () that relate to the endpoint identifier of one or more endpoints located in a common zone with the target endpoint (); using bit rate information from the identified records to calculate (SSS) an initial video bit rate for the videoconference call; and initially transmitting video to the target endpoint () at the calculated initial video bit rate. Apparatus configured to implement the foregoing method.