Patent ID: 9184926
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for a computer device remotely controlling a video conferencing device registered with a video conferencing management server, the method comprising: establishing a connection to the video conferencing management server via a local access network (LAN); receiving a list of video conferencing devices registered with the video conferencing management server; selecting a video conferencing device from the list of video conferencing devices registered with the video conferencing management server; determining that a remote control application has not been installed on the computer device; downloading the remote control application from the video conferencing management server in response to the remote control application not being installed on the computer device; receiving, at the computer device, an access code displayed by the selected video conferencing device; receiving registration information for the selected video conferencing device from the video conferencing management server, the registration information including at least an internal LAN address of the selected video conferencing device; establishing, using the registration information and in response to the access code being entered into the remote control application, a connection directly with the selected video conferencing device; controlling the selected video conferencing device using the remote control application; and accepting, by the computer device using the remote control application, an incoming call to the video conferencing device.