Patent ID: 7349000

Claim:
A system for display of video teleconference device status information for plural video teleconference devices, each video teleconference device associated with one or more of plural video teleconference calls, the system comprising: a video teleconference network platform operable to interface with the video teleconference devices to retrieve status information of the video teleconference devices; a video teleconference call monitor engine interfaced with the video teleconference network platform and operable to analyze the status information to associate each video teleconference device with a video teleconference call and a display position; a graphical user interface in communication with the video teleconference call monitor engine and operable to display plural bars, each bar representing a video teleconference call; and plural icons disposed in each bar, each icon representing a corresponding video teleconference device of the video teleconference call, each of said plural icons including a graphical representation uniquely corresponding to a type of video device represented, the types of video teleconference devices comprising a video teleconference end point device, a multi-point call unit device or a gateway device, wherein each video teleconference device has a diagnostic state and each icon represents the diagnostic state of its associated video teleconference device by one of plural colors, with icons of devices involved in the video teleconference call displayed contiguously by color to aid in visualization of an overall diagnostic state of the video teleconference call, and an icon of a calling video device corresponding to the type of the calling video device, but assuming a status indication corresponding to a called device.