Video session manager and method for enabling and managing video calling and telepresence communications sessions across multiple domains

摘要

A video session manager and method for enabling, optimizing and managing inter-domain video calling, telepresence and videoconferencing sessions, in exclusive video sessions, or within multi-modal communications sessions. The video session manager and method is operative for receiving and analyzing a communications session request from one or more endpoints (users); determining the viability of a communication session based on one or more attributes of the session; connecting the one or more requesting endpoints to start the session; continuously or periodically monitoring the session for problems with or changes in the session; and altering the parameters of the session in accordance with one or more predetermined policies, if a problem or change is detected, in order to maintain the viability of the session.

主权项

1. A method for visually communicating among endpoints, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving, by a video session manager, a request from an endpoint to commence a visual communications session with one or more other endpoints; matching, by the video session manager, certain information contained in the request or received from the one or more other endpoints, to one of a plurality of visual communications session policies, thereby determining which visual communication session policy applies; connecting, by the video session manager, the endpoints to commence the visual communications session if an open policy match is found between the certain information contained in the request and the visual communication session policy that applies; determining, by the video session manager, whether the visual communications session is viable if a further evaluate policy match is found between the certain information contained in the request and the visual communication session policy that applies; and rejecting, by the video session manager, the request to commence the visual communications session if a closed policy match is found between the certain information contained in the request and the visual communication session policy that applies.