Ad hoc endpoint device association for multimedia conferencing

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory device containing instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• prepare, in a multimedia conference between a first, a second and a third participant device, a set of video streams for the third participant device, wherein the set of video streams is based on a first video stream associated with the first participant device and a second video stream associated with the second participant device;
• determine that the first participant device and the second participant device are located within a geographical area based on the first participant device emitting an audio signal that is detected by the second participant device;
• designate, in response to determining that the first participant device and the second participant device are located within the geographical area, the first participant device and the second participant device to operate as an ad hoc endpoint in the multimedia conference, such that the first participant device and the second participant device share at least one resource in the multimedia conference;
• determine that a display area of the first participant device is larger than a display area of the third participant device;
• and
• exclude, based on designating the first participant device and the second participant device to operate as the ad hoc endpoint and based on the display area of the first participant device being larger than the display area of the third participant device, the second video stream from the set of video streams for the third participant device,
• wherein the first video stream includes video representations of a first user of the first participant device and a second user of the second participant device, and a video representation of the second user via the second video stream is excluded for the third participant device.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a system, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

• preparing, in a multimedia conference between a first, a second and a third participant device, a set of video streams for the third participant device, wherein the set of video streams is based on a first video stream associated with the first participant device and a second video stream associated with the second participant device;
• determining that the first participant device and the second participant device are located within a geographical area based on the first participant device emitting an audio signal that is detected by the second participant device;
• designating, in response to determining that the first participant device and the second participant device are located within the geographical area, the first participant device and the second participant device to operate as an ad hoc endpoint in the multimedia conference, such that the first participant device and the second participant device share at least one resource in the multimedia conference;
• determining that a display area of the first participant device is larger than a display area of the third participant device;
• and
• excluding, based on designating the first participant device and the second participant device to operate as the ad hoc endpoint and based on the display area of the first participant device being larger than the display area of the third participant device, the second video stream from the set of video streams for the third participant device,
• wherein the first video stream includes video representations of a first user of the first participant device and a second user of the second participant device, and a video representation of the second user via the second video stream is excluded for the third participant device.