VIDEO CONFERENCE BRIDGE SETTING, SHARING, PUSHING, AND RATIONALIZATION
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Abstract
A conference system is provided with enhanced settings capabilities. A controller can poll for settings at each endpoint in a conference system and be able via the video stream to selectively display and compare settings among the endpoints. One location can push its settings to one or more locations to overcome failures or degradation in the conference. The settings between different controllers may be rationalized via a common denominator method or tabular method to build a knowledge of how to configure conferences and to automate responses to problems.
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11. A method for recovering from a failure during a conference, comprising:
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establishing a conference with conference settings; detecting a failure during the conference; recovering from the failure to reconnect with a communication endpoint; reestablishing the conference settings. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A communication system, comprising:
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a first communication endpoint; a first multipoint control unit (MCU) in communication with the first communication endpoint, the first MCU comprising; a memory operable to store conference settings for a first communication endpoint, wherein the first conference settings are associated with a first conference; a processor in communication with the memory, the processor operable to execute a conference associated with the first communication endpoint in accordance with the conference settings; a second MCU in communication with the first MCU, the second MCU comprising; a second memory operable to store the conference settings for the first communication endpoint, wherein the conference settings are received from the first MCU; a second processor in communication with the second memory, the second processor operable to; normalize the conference settings; and execute a second conference associated with the first communication endpoint in accordance with the conference settings received from the first MCU. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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