Patent ID: 9357171
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for use in a multi end-point (EP) conferencing system, comprising a source EP configured to: transmit a source conference list to a non-virtual target EP, the source conference list for distribution to other EPs associated with the non-virtual target EP; receive a received conference list from the non-virtual target EP; integrate the received conference list with the source conference list to produce an integrated conference list; distribute at least a part of the integrated conference list to the other EPs; receive at least one positive selection notification indicative of one or more requesting EPs from the integrated conference list that would like to exchange conferencing data with the source EP; and receive conferencing data originating from the one or more requesting EPs including utilizing the integrated conference list to identify at least one transmitting EP using a multi-cast protocol.