Endpoint device-specific stream control for multimedia conferencing

A computer-implemented method for controlling endpoint-specific streams from an endpoint device in a multimedia conference, the method comprising:

• participating, using one or more computing devices, in a multimedia conference with a plurality of participant devices;
• receiving, using the one or more computing devices, at least one video stream control corresponding to the plurality of participant devices in the multimedia conference that are capable of providing video streams;
• receiving a selection, using the one or more computing devices, of one or more of the at least one video stream control;
• and
• receiving, using the one or more computing devices, a plurality of video streams of the plurality of participant devices based on the selected at least one video stream control,
• wherein the at least one video stream control includes a control for allocating bandwidth for the plurality of video streams provided by the plurality of participant devices,
• wherein the selection is associated with the control for allocating bandwidth, and
• wherein the bandwidth is allocated in accordance with the selection.

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
• providing a hosted multimedia conference to a plurality of participant devices;
• determining whether each of the plurality of participant devices is capable of providing a video stream transmission;
• providing, for each of the plurality of participant devices, a plurality of video stream controls to the participant device, wherein the plurality of video stream controls provide for controlling a plurality of video streams of the plurality of participant devices other than the participant device that are determined to be capable of providing the video stream transmission;
• receiving a selection of a first video stream control of the plurality of video stream controls that corresponds to a first participant device of the plurality of participant devices, wherein the selection is received from a second participant device and a third participant device of the plurality of participant devices;
• receiving a first video stream of the plurality of video streams from the first participant device of the plurality of participant devices;
• and
• providing the first video stream of the first participant device to the second participant device and to the third participant device based at least in part on the received selection of the first video stream control by the second participant device and the third participant device,
• wherein for each of the plurality of participant devices, the video stream controls include a control for allocating bandwidth for the plurality of video streams provided by the other participant devices,
• wherein the selection of the first video stream control includes selection, via the control for allocating the bandwidth, for the first video stream, and
• wherein providing the first video stream comprises allocating bandwidth for the first video stream based on the selection via the control for allocating the bandwidth.

A non-transitory machine readable medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a machine, allow the machine to perform a method for endpoint device-specific stream control for multimedia conferencing, the method comprising:

• providing, using one or more computing devices, a hosted multimedia conference to a plurality of participant devices;
• providing, using the one or more computing devices, video stream controls to each of the plurality of participant devices, wherein for each of the plurality of participant devices, the video stream controls provide for controlling video stream transmissions to the participant device, the video stream transmissions corresponding to a plurality of video streams provided by the plurality of participant devices other than the participant device;
• receiving, using the one or more computing devices, a first selection of at least one of the video stream controls from at least one of the plurality of participant devices;
• and
• controlling, using the one or more computing devices, for each of the at least one of the plurality of participant devices, the video stream transmissions of the plurality of video streams provided by the other participant devices to the participant device, based at least in part on the first selection of the at least some of the video stream controls received from the participant device,
• wherein for each of the plurality of participant devices, the video stream controls include a control for allocating bandwidth for the plurality of video streams provided by the other participant devices,
• wherein the first selection includes selection, via the control for allocating the bandwidth, by the at least one of the plurality of participant devices, and
• wherein controlling the video stream transmissions comprises allocating the bandwidth for at least one of the video stream transmissions based on the selection via the control for allocating the bandwidth.