Patent ID: 6677978
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A system for presenting a video call graph of a video call having an arbitrary number and arrangement of video devices across a video network, the system comprising:a video device management platform operable to automatically generate a video call configuration for a video call using plural video devices, the plural video devices comprising video endpoints, MCU's and gateways; a video call graph layout engine interfaced with the video management platform and operable to accept the video call configuration and automatically generate a video call graph having a node for each video device of the video call, the nodes interconnected to resemble the video network topology of the video call, the video call graph layout engine automatically generating a video call graph by creating a node for each video device of the video call, classifying each node as a leaf node or a branch node, creating a super graph node for each branch node, each super graph node having a branch node ad leaf nodes associated with the branch node, and interconnecting the super graph nodes to resemble the video call network topology; and a video call graph layout display interfaced with the video call graph layout engine and operable to display all or selected portions of the video call graph.