Conferencing system
US6509925B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 21, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M7/006
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A distributed multipoint conferencing system (3) comprises a plurality of participating terminals (31;32;33) for sending and receiving media streams in a conferencing interchange; the system further includes at least one multipoint distributor (30) (MD) connected to one terminal (31) for receiving at least one or all media streams from that terminal (31) but not from any other of the participating (32;33); the multipoint distributor (30) is connected to the other participating terminals (32;33) for sending the media stream or streams received from the MD-associated terminal (31) to the other participating terminals (32;33).
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