Patent ID: 9438857
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A video conferencing system, comprising: a first video conferencing terminal; a second video conferencing terminal, for establishing a video conference with the first video conferencing terminal via a peer-to-peer connection; and a management server, wherein when a user needs to add a third video conferencing terminal to the video conference to establish a multi-way video conference, the first video conferencing terminal and the second video conferencing terminal automatically terminate the peer-to-peer connection, and connect to the third video conferencing terminal through the management server to perform the multi-way video conference, wherein when the user adds the third video conferencing terminal to the video conference to establish the multi-way video conference, the first video conferencing terminal transmits a setup command to the management server, and the management server further determines whether to allow the multi-way video conference, wherein when the management server determines to allow the multi-way video conference, the management provides a group list to the user for selecting a group, and the selected group comprises at least one member.