Patent ID: 8736663
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a plurality of audio signals, wherein each of the plurality of audio signals is coded with one or more audiometrics, each of the audiometrics including an acoustic measurement from a conference site of a plurality of conference sites; receiving a plurality of video signals, each of the plurality of video signals associated with one or more of the plurality of audio signals; extracting one or more audiometrics from each of the plurality of audio signals; selecting one or more first active audio signals based on extracted audiometrics over a first time interval; selecting one or more first active video signals based on extracted audiometrics over a second time interval, the second time interval being different from, but coinciding with at least a portion of, the first time interval; updating a media forwarding table in response to selecting the one or more first active audio signals and the one or more first active video signals, the media forwarding table including a directory for routing the selected audio and video signals, the media forwarding table further including instructions for routing only the selected audio and video signals; and distributing the one or more first active audio signals and the one or more first active video signals to one or more of the plurality of conference sites in accordance with the media forwarding table.