Patent ID: 8990305
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: determining one or more locations at a conferencing server for multiple client terminals in a conference call based on location information received from one or more of the multiple client terminals that indicates a geographic location for each of the one or more multiple client terminals; generating a distribution plan at the conferencing server based on said one or more geographic locations to distribute data among the one or more geographic locations, the distribution plan to determine efficient distribution of media information across the multiple client terminals, the distribution plan including a selection of one or more client terminals of the multiple client terminals to operate as one or more virtual conferencing servers; transforming a first client terminal of the selected one or more client terminals at the conferencing server to operate as a first virtual conferencing server based on said distribution plan; and transferring a second client terminal from the conferencing server to said first virtual conferencing server, said transferring comprising recording control information at the conferencing server and sending said control information to said first virtual conferencing server, said control information comprising at least one of an audio processing state, a video processing state, or a signaling state.