Patent ID: 8237765

Claim:
A video conferencing endpoint operable to perform multi-way video conferencing, the video conferencing endpoint comprising: a video input operable to receive two or more first video images in a single video frame of a video stream; a decoder coupled to the video input for decoding the received video frame; a processor coupled to the decoder and operable to implement virtual decoder program instructions operable to: receive the video frame from the decoder comprising the two or more first video images; and separate the two or more first video images into separate video images, wherein separating the two or more first video images is performed using coordinate information received with the received video frame; wherein the video conferencing endpoint is a first video conferencing endpoint and wherein the first video conferencing endpoint is further operable to transmit an output video frame to a second video conferencing endpoint; wherein the output video frame comprises two or more second video images, and wherein the two or more second video images comprise at least one of the separated video images.