Patent ID: 6433813
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A videoconferencing method for connecting a host with a plurality of participants, the method comprising:(a) selecting a participant from the plurality of participants; (b) transmitting a video signal of the host to the selected participant, wherein the selected participant does not receive its own video signal and does not receive video signals of non-selected participants; (c) transmitting a video signal of the selected participant to the host, wherein the host does not receive its own video signal and does not receive the video signals of the non-selected participants; (d) combining the video signal of the selected participant with the video signal of the host, wherein the video signals of the non-selected participants are not combined with the video signals of the host and the selected participant; and (e) transmitting the video signals combined in (d) to the non-selected participants.