SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE CONTEXT-AWARE CONTROL OF MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SESSIONS

摘要

A system to adaptively control multimedia communication sessions includes a mediator unit in an intermediary communication position between two or more remote clients and a media infrastructure. The mediator unit includes a receiver, a transmitter and a control processor that controls the receiver and the transmitter. The mediator unit communicates remote clients across a communication network, where the first client initiates a communication session and the mediator unit assigns a unique session identifier to the communication message. Additional remote clients send join requests including the unique session identifier, and the mediator unit acts as a back-to-back user agent to pass messages between two remote clients of a two-client communication session. The control processor configured to execute predefined context-sensitive strategies including the number of remote clients in the communication session, bridging incompatible peer-to-peer communications, supporting multiple devices of a single remote client, and dynamic allocation of multipoint control unit resources.

主权项

1. A system to adaptively control multimedia communication sessions, the system comprising:
a mediator unit in an intermediary communication position between two or more remote clients and a media infrastructure; the mediator unit including a receiver, a transmitter and a control processor, the control processor configured to execute instructions that cause the control processor to control the receiver and the transmitter; the mediator unit configured to communicate with two or more remote clients across a communication network, the communication network having a server supporting operation of the communication network; a first remote client configured to transmit a communication message on the communication network, the communication message initiating a communication session; the receiver configured to receive the communication message from the communication network; the mediator unit is configured to assign a unique session identifier to the communication message; additional remote clients configured to send join requests on the communication network, each join request including the unique session identifier; and the mediator unit further configured to act as a back-to-back user agent to pass messages between two remote clients of a two-client communication session.