Patent ID: 9602772
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A videoconferencing device configured to act as a hybrid mesh participant in a videoconference environment, the videoconferencing device comprising: a hybrid MCU configured to receive and transmit data streams comprising videoconference video media data and audio media data in a videoconference, the hybrid MCU comprising a processing module configured to mix at least a portion of the video media data and the audio media data received by the hybrid MCU, and wherein the hybrid MCU is configured to transmit the mixed video media data and the mixed audio media data to each non-mesh endpoint in a mixed video/audio data stream; a forking module configured to fork combined video/audio data streams received by the hybrid MCU into separate video and audio data streams, and wherein the hybrid MCU is configured to transmit the separate video and audio data streams to each mesh endpoint; and wherein the hybrid MCU is further configured to signal to the mesh endpoints to transmit the combined video/audio data streams to the hybrid MCU.