| 发明名称 |
Video conferencing with multipoint conferencing units and multimedia transformation units |
| 摘要 |
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a multimedia transformation unit, media streams from a plurality of endpoints, transmitting audio components of the media streams to a multipoint conferencing unit, receiving an identifier from the multipoint conferencing unit identifying one of the media streams as an active speaker stream, processing at the multimedia transformation unit, a video component of the active speaker stream, and transmitting the active speaker stream to one or more of the endpoints without transmitting the video component to the multipoint conferencing unit. An apparatus is also disclosed herein. |
| 申请公布号 |
US9497417(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.11.15 |
| 申请号 |
US201514624115 |
申请日期 |
2015.02.17 |
| 申请人 |
Cisco Technology, Inc. |
发明人 |
Puri Rohit;Chou Jim |
| 分类号 |
H04L12/16;H04Q11/00;H04N7/15;H04L1/00;H04L12/18;H04N21/2343;H04N21/2365;H04N21/262;H04L29/06 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/16 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
Kaplan Cindy |
| 主权项 |
1. A method comprising:
receiving at a multimedia transformation unit, media streams from a plurality of endpoints; transmitting from the multimedia transformation unit, audio components of said media streams to a multipoint conferencing unit; receiving at the multimedia transformation unit, an identifier from the multipoint conferencing unit identifying one of said media streams as an active speaker stream; processing at the multimedia transformation unit, a video component of said active speaker stream; and transmitting from the multimedia transformation unit, said active speaker stream to one or more of said plurality of endpoints without transmitting said video component to the multipoint conferencing unit; wherein said video components of said media streams not identified as active speaker streams are dropped at the multimedia transformation unit. |
| 地址 |
San Jose CA US |
