Patent ID: 7619645
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of encoding audio visual media signals that are part of a videoconference with a recording apparatus, comprising: configuring the recording apparatus as a participant in the videoconference, receiving, at the recording apparatus, a videoconference transmission from a computer network, said videoconference transmission including at least one audio visual signal and at least one protocol signal, reading, at the recording apparatus, one or more protocol signals from the computer network pertaining to the videoconference transmission, applying, at the recording apparatus, a selected encoding process to a received audio visual signal to generate an encoded videoconference, said encoding process being selected depending on the contents of said at least one protocol signal read, storing the generated encoded videoconference in a memory device associated with the recording apparatus, and outputting, at the recording apparatus, the encoded videoconference stored in the memory device to a reproduction device through the computer network.