Patent ID: 8416279

Claim:
A method for an image processing device in conference between a plurality of video conferencing terminals, the method comprising: providing properties of at least two video conferencing terminals; defining, by the image processing device, a number of groups based on the provided properties of the at least two video conferencing terminals; determining, by the image processing device for a first video conferencing terminal, an ordered list of the number of groups; selecting, by the image processing device for the first video conferencing terminal, a pane layout for displaying images from other video conferencing terminals, the pane layout selected based on the provided properties of the first video conferencing terminal on which the pane layout is to be displayed and the properties of the other video conferencing terminals in the conference; mapping, by the image processing device for the first video conferencing terminal, the ordered list of the number of groups to the selected pane layout; and providing, by the image processing device, a composite image stream to the first video conferencing terminal according to the selected pane layout and the mapped ordered list of the number of groups.