Patent ID: 8643693

Claim:
A system, comprising: an input module of a media manager configured to receive an invite message from a video hub office (VHO) server to enter a video conferencing session with a remote computing device communicatively coupled to at least one of a remote set-top box and a remote television, and to receive video data and audio data from a local input device, the media manager comprising a local computing device, the local computing device being communicatively coupled to a local output device, the local output device being separate from the local computing device and the media manager, and the local output device comprising at least one of a local set-top box and a local television; and a processor module of the media manager configured to convert the video data into a video stream and the audio data into an audio stream, and to combine the video stream and the audio stream to form at least one multimedia transport stream; and an output module of the media manager configured to transmit an acceptance of the invite message to the video hub office (VHO) server, and to transmit the multimedia transport stream to the remote computing device to establish the video conferencing session.