Patent ID: 8587634
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving data associated with a plurality of endpoints that are engaged in a video conference; and evaluating whether a first endpoint and a second endpoint of the plurality have entered into a conversation such that a conversation mode is triggered, and wherein once the conversation mode is entered, the first and second endpoints of the conversation are respectively rendered on first and second screens of a video display and wherein selection of the first and second screens from a plurality of screens on which to render the first and second endpoints, respectively, is performed in a manner that takes into account maintaining gaze alignment between the first and second endpoints; wherein prior to entering conversation mode, multiple endpoints may be displayed on at least one of the first and second screens and during conversation mode, no endpoint other than the first endpoint is displayed on the first screen and no endpoint other than the second endpoint is displayed on the second screen.