Multiple subscriber videoconferencing system
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Abstract
A system, method, and device for use in videoconferencing. The method typically includes installing a videoconferencing switch at an access point to an IP network, and registering a plurality of subscribers for videoconferencing services. Each subscriber typically has a plurality of endpoints. The method further includes receiving subscriber-specific settings to be applied to multiple videoconferencing calls from the plurality of endpoints associated with each subscriber. The method further includes storing the subscriber-specific settings at a location accessible to the switch, and configuring the switch to connect calls from the plurality of endpoints at each subscriber based on the corresponding subscriber-specific settings.
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49 Claims
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1-20. -20. (canceled)
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21. A videoconferencing services switch, comprising:
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a control plane module configured to receive subscriber-specific videoconferencing call settings for each of a plurality of enterprise subscribers, the videoconferencing call settings being for multiple calls placed from each enterprise subscriber;
a data plane module configured to receive videoconferencing data streams from the plurality of enterprise subscribers and manage these videoconferencing data streams according to the subscriber-specific videoconferencing call settings for each enterprise subscriber.
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22. A videoconferencing services switch configured to process a videoconferencing call between an origination terminal and a destination terminal, the origination and destination terminals being located on one or more enterprise subscriber networks, the videoconferencing services switch comprising:
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a virtual router configured to receive a request for a videoconferencing call from the origination terminal; and
a call control module configured to manage call data streams for the videoconferencing call, wherein the virtual router is configured to route call-related traffic between the originating terminal and call control module. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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