Patent
1995-05-16
1998-03-17
Sheikh, Ayaz R.
G06F 1100
Patent
active
057296847
ABSTRACT:
A plurality of specially equipped personal conference managers (PCMs), one each, are provided to a plurality of personal conference systems (PCSs), and a plurality of specially equipped multi-point conference managers (MCMs), also one each, are provided to a plurality of multi-point control units (MCUs) interconnecting the PCSs. Each PCM is equipped with a first plurality of data routing matrix management functions for creating, updating, and deleting a plurality of data routing matrices specifying a plurality of data routing patterns for the PCSs. The first plurality of data routing matrix management functions are also used for creating, updating, and deleting a plurality of data routing matrix employment rules specifying the conditions governing the runtime employment of the data routing matrices. The conditions are specified in terms of multi-point references. Additionally, each PCM as well as each MCM is equipped with a second plurality of data routing matrix management functions for enrolling these routing matrices and their employment rules with the MCMs, and canceling their enrollments. Furthermore, each PCM as well as each MCM is equipped with a data transmission function for sending data utilizing these data routing matrices and their employment rules.
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