Digital conferencing for mobile devices
OwnerMichael Edric Taskerinventor
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Abstract
The present embodiments may relate to video conferencing. A conferencing gateway receives a video signal from one or more conferencing devices that are participating in a video conference. The video signal is adjusted to conform to the one or more mobile conferencing device specifications, such as display size, resolution, frame rate, or bandwidth. The adjusted video signal is transmitted to a mobile conferencing device for display.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a video signal, at a conferencing gateway, from one or more conferencing devices participating in a video conference;
- adjusting the video signal to conform to a mobile conferencing device specification to optimize viewing on a mobile conferencing device;
- and
- transmitting the adjusted video signal to the mobile conferencing device for display on a display device of the mobile conferencing device.
Computer readable storage media including logic that is executed by a processor to:
- receive one or more video signals for use in a video conference involving one or more conferencing devices;
- select a video signal based on a conference context;
- adjust the selected video signal to conform to a display device of a mobile conferencing device and the conference context;
- transmit the adjusted video signal to the mobile conferencing device for display on the display device of the mobile conferencing device;
- and
- transmit the one or more video signals to the one or more conferencing devices.
The computer readable storage media of claim 15, wherein adjusting the video signal includes cropping a size of the video signal and cropping includes detecting a face of a video conference participant and focusing on the face the video conference participant.
A system comprising:
- a video conferencing device configured to generate a video signal;
- a conference gateway configured to receive the video signal and adjust the video signal to conform to a mobile conferencing device specification;
- and
- a mobile conferencing device configured to receive the adjusted video signal from the conference gateway and present the adjusted video signal on a display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.