Patent ID: 8581959

Claim:
A video conferencing system, comprising: a multipoint control unit (MCU); a plurality of video conferencing endpoints, wherein each of the plurality of video conferencing endpoints is communicatively coupled to the MCU; wherein each of the plurality of video conferencing endpoints is operable to transmit a video image to the MCU; wherein the MCU is operable to receive each of the video images from the plurality of video conferencing endpoints and generate a composite video image; wherein the MCU is operable to transmit the composite video image to each of the plurality of video conferencing endpoints; wherein the MCU is further operable to transmit coordinate information to each of the plurality of video conferencing endpoints, wherein the coordinate information includes information on a location of at least one of the video images within the composite video image; wherein at least one of the plurality of video conferencing endpoints is operable to receive the composite video image and the coordinate information and use the coordinate information to separate the respective video images in the composite video image, wherein the at least one video conferencing endpoint is operable to generate a new composite video image, wherein the at least one video conferencing endpoint is operable to display the new composite video image.