Patent ID: 8760485

Claim:
A method for displaying a videoconference, comprising: receiving, at a local site, a plurality of video signals from at least two cameras located at one or more remote sites; assigning each video signal to a respective display position associated with a plurality of displays at the local site for a duration of the videoconference, wherein the display position for each video signal represents a position of a participant at a virtual conference table, wherein the display position for each video signal maintains a fixed display position at the virtual conference table relative to the display position of each other video signal at the virtual conference table during the videoconference; displaying the video signals on one or more displays, wherein a number of displays at the local site is less than an aggregate number of cameras at the one or more remote sites and a number of video signals displayed is less than a number of video signals received, the video signals displayed on the one or more displays chosen based on a current speaker and the position of the speaker at the virtual conference table; determining that a speaker change occurs in one or more of the plurality of video signals; automatically adjusting display of the video signals on the one or more displays to accommodate a video signal associated with the speaker change such that the assigned display position of each video signal included on the one or more displays is maintained at the respective position of the participant at the virtual conference table.