Systems and methods for scalable distributed global infrastructure for real-time multimedia communication
US9232191B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 31, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N7/141
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support the operation of a Virtual Media Room or Virtual Meeting Room (VMR), wherein each VMR can accept from a plurality of participants at different geographic locations a variety of video conferencing feeds of audio and video streams from video conference endpoints. A globally distributed infrastructure that supports operations of the VMR through a plurality of MCUs (Multipoint Control Unit) built from off-the-shelf components instead of custom hardware as media processing nodes, each configured to process the plurality of audio and video streams from the plurality of video conference endpoints in real time. Each single VMR can be implemented and supported across the infrastructure of globally distributed set of servers/media processing nodes co-located in Points of Presence (POPs) for Internet access, wherein such massively distributed architecture can support thousands of simultaneously active VMRs and yet is transparent to the users of the VMRs.
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