Distributable, scalable, pluggable conferencing architecture
US8817668B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 15, 2006 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/56
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Architecture for a scalable, pluggable multi-party, and distributed multimedia conferencing. A centralized policy and control conferencing component allows the seamless plug-in of different distributed media components (e.g., data, audio/video, messaging) to accommodate client participation in a conference session. The centralized conference control component includes the following: a conference notification service for accepting subscriptions to the conference state and notifying subscribers about changes to that state; a conference policy and roster control service for storing and manipulating conference policy and rosters; a security service for user authorization/authentication based on user identity information; a scheduling service for conference scheduling; an allocation service for allocating the most available media component(s) for a conference session; and, an MCU management service for conference policy and roster management of the distributed media components.
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