Method for handling larger number of people per conference in voice conferencing over packetized networks
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1. A method for providing a conferencing session, comprising:
- receiving inputs from a number of participants in a conferencing session; and
combining received inputs into an output packet including a first sub-packet and a second sub-packet, wherein the first sub-packet has a first payload and the second sub-packet has a second payload, the first payload and the second payload including inputs combined from at least a portion of the received inputs from the number of participants, wherein the first payload includes at least one received input that is not included in the second sub-packet.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for handling larger number of people per conference in voice conferencing over packetized networks. A method for providing a conferencing session may include receiving inputs from a number of participants in a conferencing session. The received inputs are combined into an output packet including at least two sub-packets. The sub-packets having payloads including mixed received inputs from the number of participants. The payloads of at least two of the sub-packets contain different mixed received inputs.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for providing a conferencing session, comprising:
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receiving inputs from a number of participants in a conferencing session; and
combining received inputs into an output packet including a first sub-packet and a second sub-packet, wherein the first sub-packet has a first payload and the second sub-packet has a second payload, the first payload and the second payload including inputs combined from at least a portion of the received inputs from the number of participants, wherein the first payload includes at least one received input that is not included in the second sub-packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for providing a conferencing session, comprising:
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receiving inputs from a number of participants in a conferencing session; and
combining received inputs into an output packet including at least two sub-packets, the sub-packets having payloads including mixed received inputs from the number of participants, wherein the payloads of at least two of the sub-packets contain different mixed received inputs. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A conferencing system suitable for providing a conferencing session to a plurality of participants, comprising:
a multipoint conferencing unit communicatively coupled over a packetized connection to a plurality of input/output devices as utilized by a number of participants so as to enable the participants of a conferencing session to interact, wherein the multipoint conferencing unit is configured to receive inputs from the input/output devices in a conferencing session; and
combine received inputs into an output packet including a first sub-packet and a second sub-packet, wherein the first sub-packet has a first payload and the second sub-packet has a second payload, the first payload and the second payload including inputs combined from at least a portion of the received inputs from the number of participants, wherein the first payload includes at least one received input that is not included in the second sub-packet. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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