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Reducing multipoint conferencing bandwidth

  • US 6,775,247 B1
  • Filed: 03/22/1999
  • Issued: 08/10/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of establishing a multipoint conference among a plurality of communication units, wherein each of the communication units is coupled to a multimedia conference unit that is capable of arranging connections between each of the plurality of communication units in support of the multipoint conference, wherein the communication units communicate with each other by passing signals over a network via said connections, and wherein said signals include signals in the form of video packets, said method comprising:

  • determining which of the plurality of communication units is a dominant communication unit, the others of the plurality of communication units being designated as subordinate communication units;

    suppressing a portion of the signals passed over said network by the subordinate communication units; and

    sending video packets directly from the dominant communication unit to at least some subordinate communication units in a multicast mode.

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