Video conference system and method based on video surveillance system
First Claim
1. A video conference system based on a surveillance system, the video conference system comprising:
- a plurality of clients each being used as a meeting moderator or an meeting participant;
a plurality of front-end devices each used as a meeting moderator or an meeting participant;
a monitoring server configured for creating a meeting room according to a request from the meeting moderator and sending an instruction when the meeting moderator starts up the meeting; and
a streaming media server configured for assigning an audio mixing point, causing the meeting participants to join the audio mixing point, receiving and mixing audio streams from the meeting participants joined to the audio mixing point, and distributing the mixed audio streams to corresponding meeting participants according to the instruction from the monitoring server.
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Abstract
A video conference system based on a surveillance system is disclosed. According to one aspect of the system, there is a surveillance system including a monitoring server and a streaming media server. A gateway is provided to for protocol conversion between a meeting terminal and the monitoring server as well as between a meeting terminal and the streaming media server to facilitate seamless transmission of signal and media streams among all meeting participants (e.g., terminal devices). In addition an audio mixing point and a video forwarding point are created for a meeting to facilitate the data exchange among all meeting participants.
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15 Claims
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1. A video conference system based on a surveillance system, the video conference system comprising:
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a plurality of clients each being used as a meeting moderator or an meeting participant; a plurality of front-end devices each used as a meeting moderator or an meeting participant; a monitoring server configured for creating a meeting room according to a request from the meeting moderator and sending an instruction when the meeting moderator starts up the meeting; and a streaming media server configured for assigning an audio mixing point, causing the meeting participants to join the audio mixing point, receiving and mixing audio streams from the meeting participants joined to the audio mixing point, and distributing the mixed audio streams to corresponding meeting participants according to the instruction from the monitoring server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A video conference method based on a surveillance system a monitoring server and a streaming media server, the method comprising:
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creating a meeting room according to a request of a meeting moderator by the monitoring server; sending an instruction by the monitoring server when the meeting moderator starts up the meeting; assigning an audio mixing point and causing meeting participants to join the audio mixing point according to the instruction of the monitoring server by the streaming media server; and receiving and mixing audio streams from the meeting participants joined to the audio mixing point and distributing the mixed audio streams to corresponding meeting participants by the streaming media server. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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