Patent ID: 8786669

Claim:
A method for providing conference information to attendees of a conference call near real time using a plurality of conference bridges, the method comprising: receiving the conference information at a first conference bridge, the conference information including at least one of video or web data generated in response to input from a participant in the conference call using a first device, the first device being communicatively coupled to the first conference bridge via a port on the first conference bridge; providing the conference information from the first conference bridge to a first group of attendees each participating in the conference call using devices that are communicatively coupled to the first conference bridge via ports on the first conference bridge; providing the conference information from the first conference bridge to a second conference bridge separate from the first conference bridge; and providing the conference information from the second conference bridge to a second group of attendees each participating in the conference call using devices that are communicatively coupled to the second conference bridge via ports on the second conference bridge, wherein at least a portion of the conference information is provided from the first conference bridge to the first group of attendees before any of the conference information is provided from the second conference bridge to the second group of attendees, and a current key frame of the video or web data is provided from the first conference bridge to the second conference bridge before a previous key frame of the video or web data is provided from the first conference bridge to the second conference bridge.