Mitigating peak traffic times in a multimedia conference
US8924243B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 28, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 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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