Patent ID: 8005497

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a first request for floor control from a first endpoint; granting the floor control to the first endpoint; receiving a second request for floor control from a second endpoint; determining if the first request was initiated from the first endpoint at approximately the same time or earlier than the second request was initiated from the second endpoint, wherein determining if the first request was initiated from the first endpoint at approximately the same time or earlier than the second request was initiated from the second endpoint includes ascertaining a delay associated with the second endpoint; preempting the floor control from the first endpoint if it is determined that the first request was not initiated from the first endpoint at approximately the same time or earlier than the second request was initiated from the second endpoint; and granting the floor control to the second endpoint after preempting the floor control from the first endpoint if it is determined that the first request was not initiated from the first endpoint at approximately the same time or earlier than the second request was initiated from the second endpoint.