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

Claim 17:
18. A system comprising:
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, the media bridge to:
receive the plurality of media streams from the plurality of client devices via the media bridge, the media bridge connecting the plurality of client devices;
assign 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;
present 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
provide an indication of a current active speaker within the plurality of media streams via a signaling process.