Patent ID: 7777777
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring video calls, the system comprising: plural video devices interfaced with each other and operable to communicate video calls; a video network platform interfaced with the video devices and operable to communicate control, quality and state information with the video devices; and a monitor manager associated with the video network platform and operable to generate a monitor engine software object at the monitor manager for each video call when a video call reservation is initiated by a scheduler, the monitor engine software object generating a monitor software thread at the monitor manager associated with each video device contacted to establish the video call, the monitor software thread operable to periodically poll a multipoint control unit (MCU) or a gateway contacted to establish the video call to obtain the quality and state information, the monitor software thread further operable to identify selected events associated with the video call from the quality and state information and to broadcast a message that identifies the MCU or the gateway as a source of degraded video quality in the video call based on the obtained quality and state information obtained from the MCU or the gateway.