Patent ID: 8181115

Claim:
A system for video-conferencing, the system comprising: a first video gateway computer system operative to format presentation of video content of a plurality of video streams to a plurality of end-users, the video content representing at least one aspect of a video collaboration session involving the plurality of end-users; a video conferencing computer system communicably coupled to the first video gateway computer system, the video conferencing computer system being operative: to group the plurality of end-users into a plurality of groups, to generate at least one task for the plurality of groups, and to coach at least some of the plurality of groups through completion of the at least one task, thereby facilitating the video collaboration session involving the plurality of end-users; and at least one second video gateway computer system communicably coupled between the first video gateway computer system and the plurality of end-users, the second video gateway computer system being operative: to receive the plurality of video streams from the plurality of end-users, to provide the plurality of video streams to the first video gateway computer system, to receive the video content from the first video gateway computer system, and to transmit the video content to at least one of the plurality of end-users in a format optimized to at least one device associated with the at least one of the plurality of end users, wherein the video content includes active video information and non-active video information, and wherein the at least one second video gateway Computer system is further operative: to implement, at least at some times, focusing features for the at least one device, including transmitting only the active video information for subsequent display on the at least one device, to implement, at least at some times, bandwidth reduction features for the at least one device, including one or more of limiting transmission of the non-active video information to the at least one device, and transmitting the non-active video information in a reduced resolution format for subsequent display on the at least one device, and to limit, at least at some times, a number of presentation windows on the at least one device, thereby facilitating display of one or both of the active video information and the non-active video information on the at least one device.