Patent ID: 11863592
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, causes a processor to perform operations, comprising:
at a media bridge configured to distribute a plurality of media streams among a plurality of client devices connected to the media bridge over a network:
receiving the plurality of media streams from the plurality of client devices via the media bridge, the media bridge connecting the plurality of client devices;
assigning a pair of names for each of the plurality of media streams, the pair of names including a contribution name and a distribution name, the contribution name defining a first indicator used by the media bridge;
retrieving, by the media bridge, the plurality of media streams of the plurality of client devices based at least in part on the contribution name;
presenting a first list to the plurality of client devices, the first list including a plurality of the distribution names for the plurality of media streams received from the plurality of client devices; and
providing an indication of a current active speaker within the plurality of media streams via a signaling process.