Patent ID: 9143618
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for optimizing bandwidth usage in a conference call system, the method comprising: becoming, by a first conference server, a first conference bridge for a conference call; determining whether one or more other conference bridge for the conference call exist in the conference call system; selecting a first media mixer for the conference call in response to the determining whether the one or more other conference bridge exist in the system; receiving, at the first media mixer, a mixed media stream from a second media mixer, the second media mixer mixing media data of a plurality of participants associated with the second media mixer into the mixed media stream and the mixed media stream including mixed media data of the plurality of participants associated with the second media mixer; and mixing, at the first media mixer, the mixed media stream including the previously mixed media data from the second media mixer with media data of at least one other participant, wherein the at least one other participant is distinct from the plurality of participants associated with the second media mixer.