Patent ID: 9118807
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: outputting, to a plurality of video conference participants, at least one encoded video frame that includes a first portion of the video frame and a second portion of the video frame, in which the first portion of the video frame contains the same video data for the plurality of video conference participants as encoded by a shared encoder, and in which the second portion of the video frame is uniquely encoded by a plurality of non-shared encoders for each of the respective video conference participants; receiving a video receive error indication from at least one of the plurality of video conference participants; and in response to the received video receive error indication, instructing the shared encoder and the plurality of non-shared encoders to perform resynchronization, wherein the resynchronization is performed irrespective of whether the video receive error indication is due to an error in the first portion or in the second portion of the video frame.