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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2014
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Rabih Abou-Chakra, Colombes, FR;
Philippe Bletterie, Colombes, FR;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method for interfacing a plurality of videoconferencing client devices the method comprising, in a computer server () connected to a client devices:—receiving a first client video stream () from the video routing client ();—tagging a video image of the first client video stream received from the video routing client;—sending, through a bidirectional communication channel (), the first client video stream () to a mixing client ();—receiving, through the bidirectional communication channel with the mixing client, a mixed video stream () from said mixing client;—detecting in the mixed video stream received from the mixing client a video image portion which is different from the tagged video image of the first client video stream;—extracting the detected video image portion from the mixed video stream;—generating a second client video stream () from the extracted video image portion;—sending the second client video stream to the video routing client.