Patent ID: 8310518
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A videoconference system, comprising: terminals; multipoint control units (MCUs), as a superior level for the terminals, for controlling the corresponding terminals to participate in a videoconference; conference management systems, as a superior level for the MCUs, for managing resource allocation of the corresponding MCUs, and performing conference dispatching and control for a local conference site; and conference coordination systems, as a superior level for the conference management systems, for determining the conference management systems or the conference coordination systems corresponding to the terminals in accordance with the terminal numbers, splitting the conference into multiple sub-conferences and then distributing the sub-conferences to other conference management systems; wherein after distributing the sub-conferences to the other conference management systems, the conference coordination system determines a master conference management stem in accordance with the corresponding strategy; and then determines whether to merge sub-conferences in accordance with appropriate dispatching strategy so as to reduce unnecessary cascades.