Patent ID: 8300556
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for optimizing bandwidth during a video conference comprising: a plurality of multipoint conference units (MCUs) each operable to facilitate video conferences between two or more participants, the MCUs further operable to facilitate cascaded video conferences comprising participants managed by two or more of the MCUs; a plurality of endpoints participating in a video conference, each endpoint operable to establish a conference link with a selected one of the MCUs, to generate a plurality of video streams and a corresponding plurality of audio streams, to transmit the generated video streams and the generated audio streams on the conference link, to receive a plurality of video streams and a plurality of audio streams, to present the received audio streams using a plurality of speakers, and to display the received video streams using a plurality of monitors; a controlled MCU of the MCUs managing a first set of the endpoints, the controlled MCU operable: the master MCU managing a second set of the endpoints, the master MCU operable: