Patent ID: 8917309
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for relaying video information that is part of a multi-party video communication session having multiple endpoints, the method comprising: receiving, at a server, first encoded video information that has originated at a first endpoint of the multi-party video communication session; receiving, at the server, second encoded video information that has originated at a second endpoint of the multi-party video communication session, the second encoded video information including at least one intra-coded frame; transmitting, to at least a third endpoint of the multi-party video communication session, the received first encoded video information while the first endpoint has an active status; processing, at the server, the second encoded video information to extract therefrom the at least one intra-coded frame while the second endpoint does not have the active status; and transmitting, to the third endpoint, the extracted at least one intra-coded frame while the first endpoint has the active status and the second endpoint does not have the active status.