Patent ID: 8228360

Claim:
A system configured to provide scalability in two or more video conference streaming or archiving systems for video conference calls and operatively connected over a packed switched network, comprising: said two or more streaming or archiving systems having at least one common alias for receiver and sender identification, and each of said two or more streaming or archiving systems provides a graphical user interface that enables a user to select whether to allow a streaming or archiving system to be added to a cluster; a system control device including a control unit and a database, wherein the system control device is configured to provide a user interface, determine whether the cluster may be created from the two or more streaming or archiving systems based on whether each of the two or more streaming or archiving systems have been granted permission to be added to the cluster, and at a first predefined event, propagate system settings or parameters to said two or more streaming or archiving systems; and a load balancing system connected to said two or more streaming or archiving systems and to said system control device via a network, the load balancing system configured to receive a capacity status report from at least one of said two or more streaming or archiving systems at a second predefined event, and select one of said two or more streaming or archiving systems to stream or record a video conference call, based on said capacity status report.