Video Communication Method and Device

• US 20160173820A1
• Filed: 11/25/2013
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: DING, PENG, MING, XIXI, WU, MINGLIANG, ZHAO, LEI
• Application Number:
  US14/902,682
• Publication Number:
  US 20160173820A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4046 with distributed floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

Provided are a video communication method and device. The method includes: a cloud platform stored conference related information of a video conference terminal is received from the cloud platform; and according to the conference related information, a video conference is initiated. The disclosure improves the efficiency of holding the video conference.

Claims

1. A video communication method, which is applied to a video conference initiator, comprising:

receiving a cloud platform stored conference related information of a video conference terminal from the cloud platform; and

initiating a video conference according to the conference related information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said initiating the video conference according to the conference related information comprises:

according to the conference related information, determining current available video conference terminals needing to participate in the video conference, and address information about the current available video conference terminals needing to participate in the video conference;

according to the address information, initiating the video conference with the current available video conference terminals needing to participate in the video conference.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein after initiating the video conference, the method further comprises:

sending the conference related information about the video conference to the cloud platform to enable the cloud platform to send the conference related information to a first terminal, so as to enable the first terminal to access the video conference according to the conference related information.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the conference related information is synchronously updated to the cloud platform by the video conference terminal.

5. A video communication method, which is applied to a cloud platform, comprising:

sending a cloud platform stored conference related information of a video conference terminal to a video conference initiator to enable the video conference initiator to initiate a video conference according to the conference related information.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

receiving the conference related information, which is sent by the video conference initiator after initiating the video conference, about the video conference; and

sending the conference related information to the first terminal to enable the first terminal to access the video conference according to the conference related information.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the conference related information is synchronously updated to the cloud platform by the video conference terminal.

8. A video communication method, which is applied to a video conference terminal, comprising:

receiving from a cloud platform stored conference related information of a current video conference; and

according to the conference related information, accessing the current video conference.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein after the current video conference is initiated, the conference related information is received from a conference initiator of the current video conference and is stored by the cloud platform.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein when the access is completed, the method further comprises:

updating connection state information about the video conference terminal to being in a conference;

sending the updated connection state information to the cloud platform to enable the cloud platform to send the updated connection state information to an initiator of a first video conference;

wherein the updated connection state information is used for the initiator of the first video conference to judge whether the video conference terminal is a video conference terminal available to participate in the first video conference currently.

11. A video communication device, which is applied to a video conference initiator, comprising:

a first receiving component configured to receive a cloud platform stored conference related information of a video conference terminal; and

an initiating component configured to initiate a video conference according to the conference related information.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the initiating component comprises:

a determining element configured to determine current available video conference terminals needing to participate in a video conference, and address information about the current available video conference terminals needing to participate in the video conference; and

an initiating element configured to initiate the video conference with the current available terminals needing to participate in the video conference.

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