Patent ID: 8200792

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving at a local control system coupled to a video teleconferencing unit, a user selection of a network to be used for a video conference; isolating of the video teleconferencing unit from the local control system via an isolation switch, to prevent any flow of signals from the video teleconferencing unit to the local control system; sending a signal from the local control system to a network switch at a network operations center remote from the local control system, to connect an IP network connection of the video teleconferencing unit to a null connection; receiving permission at the local control system from the remote network operations center, to connect to a control interface of the video teleconferencing unit; data-cleaning the video teleconferencing unit by the local control system, to expunge data in the video teleconferencing unit left over from a previous call; and loading basic network configuration information into the video teleconferencing unit by the local control system, issuing a reboot to the video teleconferencing unit, and disconnecting the local control system from the video teleconferencing unit; said local control system and video teleconferencing unit being part of a desktop video teleconferencing endpoint located at a desktop at a different location than said network operations center.