Patent ID: 7949116

Claim:
A method for communicating a plurality of primary data streams between a plurality of attendees connected to one another by a communications network comprising the steps of: communicating a plurality of real time video data streams from each of the plurality of attendees to all others of the plurality of attendees wherein each of the plurality of attendees receives said plurality of real time video data streams including at least one video data stream originating from each of the other attendees; one of the plurality of attendees communicating a primary selection command that is received by at least a portion of the plurality of attendees and stored in a memory by each of said at least a portion of the plurality of attendees, said primary selection command designating a plurality of said plurality of real time video data streams communicated from at least one of the plurality of attendees as primary video data streams, said primary selection command including a priority ranking for each said primary video data stream; and, each of said at least a portion of the plurality of attendees using said primary selection command to identify at least one of said primary video data streams at said at least a portion of the plurality of attendees.