Provision of video conferencing with load balancing

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a server of a teleconferencing system that may support videoconferencing services, a media processing request from a client application for a video conference endpoint device;
• determining a client application identifier for the client application;
• retrieving a profile for the client application using the client application identifier;
• selecting a preferred load balancing approach for the client application based on the profile, wherein the preferred load balancing approach is selected to maximize data throughput, minimize response time, accommodate network availability, and/or avoid overload of resource use.

A method comprising:

• determining a plurality of Points of Presence (POPs) that are accessible to a client application;
• selecting an optimal POP from the plurality of POPs for the client application based on latency statistics and geographic proximity to the client application;
• and
• selecting an optimal server within the optimal POP based on server workload and an approach selected from round robin or least-loaded server balancing.

A method for providing a teleconferencing service that may support videoconferencing services, comprising:

• receiving a request from a user to join a teleconference;
• providing a web page that includes a menu of client application options for joining the teleconference;
• receiving a selection from the user of a client application option via the menu;
• selecting a preferred load balancing approach for the client application, wherein the preferred load balancing approach is selected to maximize data throughput, minimize response time, accommodate network availability, and/or avoid overload of resource use;
• providing instructions to launch the client application with a server selected based on the selected load balancing approach.