Patent ID: 8582474

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a registration message at a video control point device from a first endpoint device, the registration message requesting set up of a video conference between the first endpoint device and a second endpoint device, wherein, in response to the registration message, the video conference is set up to enable the first endpoint device to send first media to the second endpoint device without the first media passing through the video control point device en route to the second endpoint device and to enable the second endpoint device to send second media to the first endpoint device without the second media passing through the video control point device en route to the first endpoint device; determining, at the video control point, a first communication profile associated with the first endpoint device and a second communication profile associated with the second endpoint device; determining, at the video control point, configuration settings associated with the first endpoint device based at least partially on the first communication profile and based at least partially on the second communication profile; determining a routing of the second media to the first endpoint device based on the first communication profile, the second communication profile, or a combination thereof, wherein the routing includes a computing device to which the second media is to be sent in addition to the first endpoint device; and sending the configuration settings from the video control point to the computing device when the first endpoint device is authorized to participate in the video conference, wherein the computing device modifies the second media based on the configuration settings to generate modified second media sent to the first endpoint device by the computing device, wherein the first endpoint device is able to utilize the modified second media, and wherein the second media is received by the computing device en route from the second endpoint device to the first endpoint device.