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Mitigating peak traffic times in a multimedia conference

US8924243B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 2012
Grant dateDec 30, 2014
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2201/14
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is directed to mitigating peak traffic in a multimedia conference. In one aspect, one or more requests for starting a first type of conference over the network are received. Thereafter, a second type of conference is started based on predefined parameters, wherein the second type of conference consumes lower bandwidth than the first type of conference.

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