Patent ID: 8437282

Claim:
A multi end-point (EP) conferencing system, comprising: a decentralized scalable network of End-Points comprising at least one source EP being configured to connect to a non-virtual target EP; said source EP being configured to transmit to said non-virtual target EP a source conference list thereof, for distributing to non-virtual EPs and virtual EPs associated with said target EP, and is further configured to receive a received conference list of said non-virtual target EP, integrate said received conference list with the source conference list to obtain an integrated conference list and distribute said integrated conference list or parts thereof to the virtual EPs and non-virtual EPs associated with said source EP; said source EP being configured to receive at least one positive selection notification being indicative of at least one requesting EP associated with said source EP that would like to get data from said source EP; and in response to said at least one positive selection notification, said source EP being configured to: transmit data for receipt by said at least one requesting EP; receive data originating from the at least one requesting EP including utilizing the integrated conference list to identify at least one transmitting EP using a multi-cast protocol; and mix and output the data originating from the at least one requesting EP, whereby said source EP forms part of a decentralized scalable EPs data conferencing system.