Patent ID: 8462191
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first video feed from a first client; detecting with a processor whether a face is present in images of the first video feed; determining a position of the face with respect to a camera associated with the first client with the processor in response to detection of the face in the images of the first video feed; determining whether to suppress the images of the first video feed from a second video feed with the processor based on whether the face is detected in the images of the first video feed, wherein determining whether to suppress the images of the first video feed from the second video feed comprises determining whether to suppress the images of the first video feed from the second video feed based on the position of the face with respect to the camera associated with the first client; suppressing the images of the first video feed from the second video feed with the processor in response to a determination to suppress the images of the first video feed; and disseminating the second video feed to a second client.