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US 10,567,707 B2Granted
Methods and systems for management of continuous group presence using video conferencing
AssigneeBlue Jeans Network, Inc.
InventorLuke Ma
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Abstract
Continuous group presence is managed during a video conference by, for example, connecting a first video conferencing endpoint to a video conference session having at least one secondary video conferencing endpoint, receiving a trigger condition at the first video conference endpoint, determining if the trigger condition exceeds a predetermined threshold, and transmitting through the video conference session, a trigger notification, wherein the trigger notification enables an audio connection from the first conferencing endpoint to at least one secondary video conferencing endpoint.
Claims14
A method, comprising:
- connecting, by a processor, a first video conferencing endpoint to a video conference session having a second video conferencing endpoint, wherein video streaming from the first video conferencing endpoint via the video conference session is enabled in a default state, wherein the default state includes muted audio and a low-bandwidth video stream;
- receiving, by the processor, a trigger condition at the first video conference endpoint;
- determining, by the processor, if the trigger condition exceeds a predetermined threshold;
- responsive to a determination that the trigger condition exceeds the predetermined threshold, transmitting, by the processor, through the video conference session, a first trigger notification to the second video conferencing endpoint;
- subsequent to transmission of the first trigger notification, transmitting, from the first video conferencing endpoint, video in an active state to the second video conferencing endpoint, wherein the active state includes un-muted audio and an increased-bandwidth video stream relative to the bandwidth of the default state;
- and
- in response to receiving the first trigger notification at the second video conferencing endpoint, enlarging a display, at the second video conferencing endpoint, of the video from the first video conferencing endpoint.
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A system, comprising a first and second videoconferencing endpoint:
- the first videoconferencing endpoint comprising:
- a first processor;
- a first storage device communicatively coupled to the first processor;
- and
- instructions on the first storage device that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to:
- connect the first video conferencing endpoint to a video conference session having the second video conferencing endpoint, wherein video streaming from the first video conferencing endpoint via the video conference session is enabled in a default state, wherein the default state includes muted audio and a low-bandwidth video stream;
- receive a trigger condition at the first video conference endpoint;
- determine if the trigger condition exceeds a predetermined threshold;
- responsive to a determination that the trigger condition exceeds the predetermined threshold, transmit through the video conference session, a first trigger notification to the second video conferencing endpoint;
- and
- subsequent to transmission of the first trigger notification, transmit, from the first video conferencing endpoint, video in an active state to the second video conferencing endpoint, wherein the active state includes un-muted audio and an increased-bandwidth video stream relative to the bandwidth of the default state;
- and
- the second videoconferencing endpoint comprising:
- a second processor;
- a second storage device communicatively coupled to the second processor;
- and
- instructions on the second storage device that, when executed by the second processor, cause the second processor to:
- in response to receiving the first trigger notification at the second video conferencing endpoint, enlarge a display, at the second video conferencing endpoint, of the video from the first video conferencing endpoint.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.