Integrated conference floor control

摘要

Methods and systems for providing a composite conference environment are disclosed. More particularly, a virtual reality environment (VRE) that can accommodate the inclusion of a conventional multipoint conference as a registered user or individual participants in a conventional multipoint conference as registered users within a composite conference environment hosted by the VRE is provided. Accordingly, a conference that is spread across multiple servers, namely a virtual reality server and a conventional multipoint conference server, can be created and moderated. Moreover, audio/video streams, features, and control can be provided to all users participating in the composite conference environment.

主权项

1. A method performed by a processor for presenting conference information, comprising:
providing a virtual reality environment (VRE) module; registering a first user with the VRE module; registering a second user with the VRE module; using the VRE module, providing the first and second users with shared information; providing a multipoint control unit (MCU) conference module; registering a third user with the MCU conference module; joining the first, second, and third users in a composite conference environment; and determining whether the VRE module or the MCU conference module shall serve as the master of the composite conference environment based on at least one of an administrative determination or a dynamic consideration.