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US 2016/0105476 A1Published application
Optimizing teleconferencing using transparent reflectors
AssigneeBlue Jeans Network, Inc.
InventorEmmanuel Weber
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and machine readable media for implementing a teleconferencing system using transparent relays. The transparent relays may be used to push network probing and certain functionalities as close as possible to each teleconferencing endpoint in order to improve overall video performance.
Claims20
A teleconferencing system comprising:
- one or more points of presence comprising a media processing node configured to process and composite media streams;
- a plurality of transparent relays, each respective transparent relay comprising:
- a control component;
- a bandwidth probe component;
- one or more error resilience components;
- a processor configured to:
- receive a control connection and a first media stream from a respective point of presence;
- obtain network characteristics for a downstream network using a bandwidth probe component, wherein the downstream network comprises a network connecting one or more endpoints to the respective transparent relay;
- cause the control component to tune the one or more error resilience components in accordance with the current downstream network characteristics to establish a second media stream based on the first media stream;
- and
- provide the second media stream.
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A method for providing a teleconferencing service, comprising:
- receiving, at a transparent relay, a control connection and a first media stream from a point of presence;
- obtaining, at the transparent relay, network characteristics for a downstream network, wherein the downstream network comprises a network connecting one or more endpoints to the transparent relay;
- tuning one or more error resilience components in accordance with the current downstream network characteristics to establish a second media stream based on the first media stream;
- and
- providing the second media stream.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.