MULTI-POINT VIDEO CONFERENCE SYSTEM AND MEDIA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. A multi-point video conference system, used in current networks, comprising a softswitch, an application server and terminals, in which:
- said application server is used for informing the softswitch to set up calling between the terminal behaved as a conference chairman and terminals behaved as ordinary conference members according to a multi-point video conference request from the terminal behaved as the conference chairman;
said softswitch is used for protocol adaptation and calling process, setting up independent calling between the terminal behaved as the conference chairman and the terminals behaved as ordinary conference members. said terminals include the one behaved as a conference chairman and those behaved as ordinary conference members, in which, any terminal registered on the softswitch can be the terminals behaved as ordinary conference members; and
the terminal behaved as the conference chairman is a SIP soft terminal with video conference service capability to realize media control, as well as distribute and transmit processed media stream to the terminals behaved as ordinary conference members.
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Abstract
This invention discloses a multi-point video conference system and the media processing method thereof. The multi-point video conference system includes a softswitch, an application server and terminals. The softswitch is responsible for protocol adaptation and calling process, and performing the interconnection with other systems as an external interface of the conference system. The application server is responsible for service logic control and charging. The characteristic of this invention lies in that: the terminals behaved as conference participants including a conference chairman and ordinary conference members. Any terminal registered on the softswitch could be a conference member, and the conference chairman must be a SIP soft terminal with video conference service capability in order to realize the media control. The invention realizes the media control on the basis of the soft terminal behaved as the conference chairman, therefore any terminal user that has registered on the softswitch can initiate or participate a multi-point video conference, and the participant terminal number of the video conference is not limited.
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1. A multi-point video conference system, used in current networks, comprising a softswitch, an application server and terminals, in which:
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said application server is used for informing the softswitch to set up calling between the terminal behaved as a conference chairman and terminals behaved as ordinary conference members according to a multi-point video conference request from the terminal behaved as the conference chairman;
said softswitch is used for protocol adaptation and calling process, setting up independent calling between the terminal behaved as the conference chairman and the terminals behaved as ordinary conference members. said terminals include the one behaved as a conference chairman and those behaved as ordinary conference members, in which, any terminal registered on the softswitch can be the terminals behaved as ordinary conference members; and
the terminal behaved as the conference chairman is a SIP soft terminal with video conference service capability to realize media control, as well as distribute and transmit processed media stream to the terminals behaved as ordinary conference members. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A media processing method of a multi-point video conference system, wherein a multi-point video conference request in existing networks is segmented as multiple groups of relatively independent SIP session between a conference chairman and a number of ordinary conference members, each group of session performs calling process and media negotiation independently;
- after the calling and called parties are connected successfully in the multiple groups of SIP calls, the terminal behaved as a conference chairman completes media processing, as well as distributes and transmits the processed media stream to numbers of conference members respectively;
said media processing utilizes end-to-end architecture. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
- after the calling and called parties are connected successfully in the multiple groups of SIP calls, the terminal behaved as a conference chairman completes media processing, as well as distributes and transmits the processed media stream to numbers of conference members respectively;
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