Patent ID: 9210377
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of conducting a videoconference, comprising: receiving, at a network-centric server, a still image of a videoconferencing environment captured by a video camera, the still image associated with global positioning system information describing a location of the video camera; retrieving, by the network-centric server, updated global positioning system information describing a different location of the video camera; determining, by the network-centric server, a locational change of the video camera based on a difference between the global positioning system information and the updated global positioning system information; retrieving, by the network-centric server, an updated still image of the videoconferencing environment in response to the locational change of the video camera; replacing, by the network-centric server, the still image with the updated still image in response to the locational change of the video camera; receiving, at the network-centric server, video data of a remote participant of the videoconference; removing, by the network-centric server, background data from the video data to generate participant video data of only the remote participant of the videoconference; superimposing, by the network-centric server, the participant video data onto the updated still image of the videoconferencing environment to generate composite video data; and sending, from the network-centric server, the composite video data to a network address associated with the videoconference; wherein the remote participant is visually presented in the videoconferencing environment.