×

Video conferencing decoder engine with direct signaling to encoder engine for relaying of decoded data

  • US 5,854,892 A
  • Filed: 05/03/1996
  • Issued: 12/29/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for processing data, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) receiving encoded video conference data from a remote computer system over a network with a playback engine of a computer system participating with the remote computer system in a video conference over the network;

    (b) decoding the encoded data with a decoder of the playback engine and storing the decoded data in a playback engine buffer;

    (c) notifying, with the playback engine, a capture engine of the computer system to encode the decoded data;

    (d) copying the decoded data in the playback engine buffer into a capture engine buffer in response to the notification;

    (e) encoding the decoded data in the capture engine buffer with an encoder of the capture engine; and

    (f) retransmitting, with the capture engine, the encoded data encoded by the encoder of the capture engine to a second remote computer system participating in the video conference over the network.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×