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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Avaya Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Stephen R. Whynot, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
Avaya Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/152 (2013.01); H04L 49/35 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 65/4007 (2013.01); H04L 65/607 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of facilitating a multi-participant communication session with an efficient use of network bandwidth and processing resources is described. The processing resources are made available to the session participants via a switching fabric and composites of less active session participants can be used to minimize the bandwidth utilization between a media server and endpoints.