Telecommunications system for diffusing a multimedia flux through a public communication network

• US 20060230101A1
• Filed: 02/26/2004
• Published: 10/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: France Telecom SA (Orange S.A.)
• Inventors: Le Huerou, Emmanuel, Marque, Jean-Louis, Rouquie, Christophe, Jezequel, Dominique
• Application Number:
  US10/546,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20060230101A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/152 Multipoint control units therefor

Abstract

A telecommunication system has at least one conference bridge for transmitting at least one flow of stimuli to several active users. A data server receives data coming from at least one terminal. A compilation device (1) collects the flow of stimuli on the one hand and synchronisation information relating to data received by the data server on the other hand, and (2) generates signals representing the stimuli and the synchronization information for transmission of signals to at least one other terminal.

Claims

1. Telecommunication system for enabling several active users to exchange with each other information represented by at least one flow of stimuli, the system including:

at least one conference bridge for processing the flow of stimuli,

a data server coupled to at least one terminal made available to at least one of the said active users for receiving data from the terminal, and

a compilation device for collecting the flow of stimuli processed by the conference bridge on the one hand and information relating to data received by the data server on the other hand and for generating signals representing the stimuli and the synchronization information for enabling transmission of these signals to at least one other terminal distinct from the terminal or terminals made available to at least one of the said active users.

2. Telecommunication system according to claim 1, wherein at least one terminal made available to an active user is arranged to generate control signals associated with data sent by the active user, the conference bridge being arranged to convey the control signals to at least one other terminal made available to another user.

3. Telecommunication system according to claim 2, including at least one communication channel between a terminal distinct from the terminal or terminals made available to at least one of the active users and at least one terminal made available to an active user.

4. Telecommunication system according to claim 3, further including a storage arrangement for storing information conveyed by signals generated by the compilation device.

5. Telecommunication system according to claim 1, including at least one communication channel between a terminal distinct from the terminal or terminals made available to at least one of the active users and at least one terminal made available to an active user.

6. Telecommunication system according to claim 2, further including a storage arrangement for storing information conveyed by signals generated by the compilation device.

7. Telecommunication system according to claim 1, further including a storage arrangement for storing information conveyed by signals generated by the compilation device.