Video conference bridge setting sharing, pushing, and rationalization
AssigneeAvaya Inc.
InventorsAmit Mishra, Srinivasan Narayanan, Anand Paithankar
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Abstract
A conference system is provided with enhanced settings capabilities. A controller can poll for settings at each endpoint in a conference system and be able via the video stream to selectively display and compare settings among the endpoints. One location can push its settings to one or more locations to overcome failures or degradation in the conference. The settings between different controllers may be rationalized via a common denominator method or tabular method to build a knowledge of how to configure conferences and to automate responses to problems.
Claims21
1-15. (canceled)
A communication system, comprising:
- a first multipoint control unit (MCU) in communication with a first communication endpoint, the first MCU comprising:
- a memory operable to store first conference settings for the first communication endpoint, wherein the first conference settings are associated with a first conference;
- a processor in communication with the memory, the processor operable to execute a second conference associated with the first communication endpoint in accordance with the first conference settings;
- a second MCU in communication with the first MCU, the second MCU comprising:
- a second memory operable to store the first conference settings for the first communication endpoint, wherein the first conference settings are received from the first MCU;
- a second processor in communication with the second memory, the second processor operable to:
- normalize the first conference settings;
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- execute a third conference associated with the first communication endpoint in accordance with the first conference settings received from the first MCU.
A method, comprising:
- storing, by a microprocessor in a first multipoint control unit (MCU), first conference settings for a first communication endpoint, wherein the first conference settings are associated with a first conference;
- executing, by the microprocessor, a second conference associated with the first communication endpoint in accordance with the first conference settings;
- sending, by the microprocessor, the first conference settings for the first communication endpoint to a second MCU, wherein the second MCU normalizes the first conference settings for the first communication endpoint and wherein the second MCU executes a third conference associated with the first communication endpoint in accordance with the first conference settings received from the first MCU.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.