Telephonic communications – Special services – Conferencing
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-24
2011-05-24
Gauthier, Gerald (Department: 2614)
Telephonic communications
Special services
Conferencing
C370S261000, C709S204000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07949117
ABSTRACT:
Some embodiments provide an architecture for establishing a multi-participant conference. This architecture has one participant's computer in the conference act as a central content distributor for the conference. The central distributor receives data (e.g., video and/or audio streams) from the computer of each other participant, and distributes the received data to the computers of all participants. In some embodiments, the central distributor receives A/V data from the computers of the other participants. From such received data, the central distributor of some embodiments generates composite data (e.g., composite image data and/or composite audio data) that the central distributor distributes back to the participants. The central distributor in some embodiments can implement a heterogeneous audio/video conference. In such a conference, different participants can participate in the conference differently. For instance, different participants might use different audio or video codecs. Moreover, in some embodiments, one participant might participate in only the audio aspect of the conference, while another participant might participate in both audio and video aspects of the conference.
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Abuan Joe
Jeong Hyeonkuk
Normile Jim
Salsbury Ryan
Tung Berkat Shing
Adeli & Tollen LLP
Apple Inc.
Gauthier Gerald
Islam Mohammad
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