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Video conferencing with adaptive client-controlled resource utilization

  • US 6,453,336 B1
  • Filed: 09/14/1998
  • Issued: 09/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing a video conference, comprising:

  • initiating a video conference having an audio quality level and a video quality level, the video conference using resources to provide audio and video between first and second stations coupled together by a network;

    displaying, at the first station, a quality level adjustment tool that allows a participant to adjust at least one of the audio quality level and the video quality level as the video conference is ongoing;

    receiving, from the quality level adjustment tool, an adjustment request to modify at least one of the audio quality level and the video quality level;

    sending the adjustment request from the first station to the second station; and

    thereafter receiving, at the first station from the second station, the audio and video of the video conference such that at least one of the audio quality level and the video quality level has been adjusted in accordance with the adjustment request.

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