Patent ID: 11902343
Assignee: DAMAKA, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for managing a conference call using a selective transmission unit (STU) to manage a plurality of client devices participating in the conference call, the method comprising:
receiving, by a selective transmission unit (STU), video transmission parameters from each of a plurality of client devices;
receiving, by the STU, video reception parameters from each of the client devices;
instructing, by the STU, a first client device of the plurality of client devices to start transmitting a first video stream at a first resolution based on at least some of the video transmission parameters and the video reception parameters;
receiving, by the STU, the first video stream;
forwarding the first video stream to at least a second client device of the client devices based on the video reception parameters of the second client device;
receiving, by the STU, a modification of the video reception parameters from the second client device, wherein the modification requests a second video stream having a second resolution from the first client device;
determining, by the STU, that the second video stream is already being received from the first client device; and
forwarding the second video stream to the second client device.