Patent ID: 9602771
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A videoconferencing device for a videoconferencing system having a plurality of endpoints, the plurality of endpoints including a first endpoint and one or more additional endpoints in network communication, each of the plurality of endpoints having one or more display devices and one or more cameras, the videoconferencing device comprising: a processor that receives one or more video streams from each of the plurality of endpoints and determines a current speaker endpoint; and a layout manager that determines a spatial arrangement of the video streams output at the first endpoint based on a number of display devices being utilized at the first endpoint and a number of cameras being utilized at each of the one or more additional endpoints, wherein, in a speaker priority mode, the spatial arrangement comprises one or more reserved screens, each of the reserved screens comprising one or more primary display areas and one or more secondary display areas that are smaller than the one or more primary display areas, and the layout manager determines a number of reserved screens output at the first endpoint based on the number of display devices being utilized at the first endpoint and the number of cameras being utilized at each of the one or more additional endpoints.