Patent ID: 9215414
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing in a storage device video meeting data associated with video meetings conducted on a bridge ID and attended by participants located in a plurality of regions coupled via a wide area network, wherein multipoint control units (MCUs) capable of hosting video meetings are located in at least some of the regions, the video meeting data stored for each video meeting including time data indicating a scheduled meeting time of the video meeting and location data indicating locations of participants of the video meeting; comparing time data of an upcoming video meeting scheduled to occur on the bridge ID with the time data of previous video meetings on the bridge ID to identify related video meetings among the previous video meetings, the related video meetings being time correlated with the upcoming video meeting; and selecting one of the multipoint control units (MCUs) to be a host MCU to host the upcoming video meeting based on the location data of the related video meetings, wherein the host MCU is selected as a function of its proximity to locations of participants of the related video meetings.