Patent ID: 11924493
Assignee: MEDIARAK SYSTEM INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A hybrid server for providing a videophone service, the hybrid server comprising:
a first server configured to separately receive individual video media streams of an audience from audience terminals as uploads, mix the received individual video media streams as one or more group video media streams, and forward the group video media streams as downloads; and
a second server configured to receive the group video media streams from the first server as uploads and receive a video media stream of a performer from a performance terminal as an upload, wherein
the second server selects any one of the group video media streams and the video media stream of the performer or combines the group video media streams and the video media stream of the performer and forwards the selected video stream or the combined video streams to the audience terminals and an audience screen terminal that the hybrid server provides a high-definition video stream in real time while minimizing a loading load of the second server,
the audience screen terminal configured to lay out and display videos of audience members,
the second server forwards the group video media streams to the audience screen terminal, and
the first server is a multi-point control unit (MCU) server, and the second server is a selective forward unit (SFU) server.