# US 2020/0396265 A1 · Mixing and Transmitting Multiplex Audiovisual Information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0396265 A1 - Document ID: US20200396265A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/836,282 - Filed: 2020-03-31 - Published: 2020-12-17 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-11 - Assignees: Nextiva, Inc. - Applicants: Nextiva, Inc. - Inventors: Tomas Gorny; Jean-Baptiste Martinoli; Tracy Conrad; Lukas Gorny - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200396265A1 ## CPC - H04L 65/403: Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) - H04L 65/1069: Session establishment or de-establishment - H04L 65/1096: Supplementary features, e.g. call forwarding or call holding (systems providing special services or facilities to telephony subscribers H04M3/42) - H04L 65/762: {at the source (reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355)} - H04L 65/765: {intermediate} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information for each of the two or more communication devices. Each of the two or more communication devices transmits a communication system stream, comprising audiovisual information recorded by each communication device, to the computer. The computer stores each of the communication system streams in memory, and generates an outbound teleconference stream comprising at least one of the two or more communication system streams. The computer transmits the outbound teleconference stream to each of the two or more communication devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system, comprising: two or more communication devices; and a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory, the computer configured to generate a teleconference space in which the two or more communication devices participate by: generating a teleconference space; transmitting requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices; storing in the computer memory identification information for each of the two or more communication devices; storing two or more communication system streams, transmitted to the computer by each of the two or more communication devices, in the computer memory; generating an outbound teleconference stream comprising at least one of the two or more communication system streams; and transmitting the outbound teleconference stream to each of the two or more communication devices. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising the computer using one or more evaluation criteria stored in the computer memory to select at least one of the two or more communication system streams to comprise the outbound teleconference stream. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, further comprising the computer, after transmitting the outbound teleconference stream to each of the two or more communication devices: adjusting the outbound teleconference stream to include one or more new communication system streams transmitted to the computer by one or more new communication devices. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, further comprising the computer generating an outbound teleconference stream comprising a mixture of two or more communication system streams. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the evaluation criteria comprise one or more of: a priority signal; a ‘who is speaking’ signal; and a ‘recently joined’ signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, further comprising each of the two or more communication devices displaying, on an associated audiovisual display device, a customized outbound teleconference stream. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein each of the two or more communication devices comprises a communication device selected from the list of: a computer; a tablet computer; and a smartphone. ### Claim 8 A computer-implemented method, comprising: generating, using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory, a teleconference space in which two or more communication devices participate; transmitting requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices; storing in the computer memory identification information for each of the two or more communication devices; storing two or more communication system streams, transmitted to the computer by each of the two or more communication devices, in the computer memory; generating an outbound teleconference stream comprising at least one of the two or more communication system streams; and transmitting the outbound teleconference stream to each of the two or more communication devices. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising using one or more evaluation criteria stored in the computer memory to select at least one of the two or more communication system streams to comprise the outbound teleconference stream. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising, after transmitting the outbound teleconference stream to each of the two or more communication devices: adjusting the outbound teleconference stream to include one or more new communication system streams transmitted to the computer by one or more new communication devices. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising generating an outbound teleconference stream comprising a mixture of two or more communication system streams. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the evaluation criteria comprise one or more of: a priority signal; a ‘who is speaking’ signal; and a ‘recently joined’ signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The computer-implemented method of claim 12, further comprising each of the two or more communication devices displaying, on an associated audiovisual display device, a customized outbound teleconference stream. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein each of the two or more communication devices comprises a communication device selected from the list of: a computer; a tablet computer; and a smartphone. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodied with software, the software when executed configured to: generate, using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory, a teleconference space in which two or more communication devices participate; transmit requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices; store in the computer memory identification information for each of the two or more communication devices; store two or more communication system streams, transmitted to the computer by each of the two or more communication devices, in the computer memory; generate an outbound teleconference stream comprising at least one of the two or more communication system streams; and transmit the outbound teleconference stream to each of the two or more communication devices. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the software when executed is further configured to use one or more evaluation criteria stored in the computer memory to select at least one of the two or more communication system streams to comprise the outbound teleconference stream. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the software when executed is further configured to, after transmitting the outbound teleconference stream to each of the two or more communication devices: adjust the outbound teleconference stream to include one or more new communication system streams transmitted to the computer by one or more new communication devices. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the software when executed is further configured to generate an outbound teleconference stream comprising a mixture of two or more communication system streams. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the evaluation criteria comprise one or more of: a priority signal; a ‘who is speaking’ signal; and a ‘recently joined’ signal. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the software when executed is further configured to display, on an audiovisual display device connected to each of the two or more communication devices, a customized outbound teleconference stream.