Patent ID: 7792063
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for archiving or streaming video conference data from a first video conference call between a plurality of video conference endpoints through a gatekeeper in which at least one of the video conference endpoints is registered with the gatekeeper, the method comprising: managing video conference activities with the gatekeeper; operating the gatekeeper in a routed media mode where the video conference data originating from the plurality of video conference endpoints is routed through the gatekeeper; receiving, at the gatekeeper, separate video conference media streams originating from each of the plurality of video conference endpoints participating in the first video conference call; consecutively generating, at the gatekeeper, copies of all of the separate video conference media streams originating from each of the video conference endpoints participating in the first video conference call; and archiving said copies of all of the separate video conference media streams at a content distribution server in a media content database.