Network architecture for hybrid conferencing service
US11824906B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 2022 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L65/1083
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hybrid multimedia conference service, including a remote service for conferencing, running in the cloud and connecting remote clients, and distributing multimedia to and from the remote clients during a conference, and a local service for conferencing, distributing multimedia to and from local devices during the conference, wherein a local device that hosts the local service may change over time as local devices in a room join and exit the conference, by a current local device host transferring its state to another local device, the local service including a multimedia distributor transmitting and receiving multimedia between the remote service and the local service, and a playback synchronizer switching between captured multimedia streams and synchronizing captured multimedia for transmission to the remote service via said multimedia transmitter.
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