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US 10,455,196 B2Granted
Method and system for conducting video conferences of diverse participating devices
AssigneePolycom, Inc.
InventorAvishay Halavy
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Abstract
A novel universal bridge (UB) can handle and conduct multimedia multipoint conferences between a plurality of MREs and LEPs without using an MRM, an MCU and a gateway. Further, a UB can be configured to allocate and release resources dynamically according to the current needs of each conferee and the session.
Claims9
A universal bridge system for a multimedia conferencing system, comprising:
- a first interface, configured to carry streams of transport frames according to a transport protocol;
- a plurality of sub-bridges communicatively coupled to media relay endpoints and legacy endpoints, wherein each of the plurality of sub-bridges is configured for
- receiving streams of packets carrying compressed media from a source media relay endpoint;
- delivering streams of packets carrying compressed media toward a destination media relay endpoint;
- receiving streams of packets carrying compressed media from a source legacy endpoint;
- delivering streams of packets carrying compressed media toward a destination legacy endpoint;
- delivering streams of transport frames to the first interface targeted for another of the plurality of sub-bridges, each stream of transport frames including a stream identifier representing a multicast address for the stream;
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- receiving streams of transport frames from the first interface originating from another of the plurality of sub-bridges based on stream identifiers representing multicast addresses of the streams.
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