Transmission control in multiparty conference
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1. A method, comprising:
- generating a list of participants of said multiparty conference in response to information on participants received from a conference serving function;
selecting at least one participant from said participant list to be included in a composite signal;
creating, selecting or modifying a presentation layout for said selected participants of said multiparty conference at a user terminal of a participant by defining a desired position of each selected participant on a display screen;
transmitting to said conference serving function a request with layout information indicating said selected presentation layout;
adding a label to information streams of said selected participants according to said layout information, wherein said label comprises at least one of a uniform resource identifier name, part of a uniform resource identifier name, and an item retrieved from an address book; and
providing a presentation layout of a composite signal of the multiparty conference.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method, terminal device and conference server device for providing a multiparty conference in a data network, wherein an individual presentation layout for participants in a composite video image is selected by a participant and transmitted to the conference serving function. Based on the layout information, a composite signal is generated so that the requesting participant has knowledge of the locations of individual participants'"'"' information streams, e.g. video stream, within the composite signal. Thereby, the participant can allocate specific information, such as names, titles or functions, to audio or video streams of the multiparty conference.
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25 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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generating a list of participants of said multiparty conference in response to information on participants received from a conference serving function; selecting at least one participant from said participant list to be included in a composite signal; creating, selecting or modifying a presentation layout for said selected participants of said multiparty conference at a user terminal of a participant by defining a desired position of each selected participant on a display screen; transmitting to said conference serving function a request with layout information indicating said selected presentation layout; adding a label to information streams of said selected participants according to said layout information, wherein said label comprises at least one of a uniform resource identifier name, part of a uniform resource identifier name, and an item retrieved from an address book; and providing a presentation layout of a composite signal of the multiparty conference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
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receiving means for receiving information on participants of a multiparty conference; creating/selecting/modifying means for creating, selecting or modifying a presentation layout of an information stream of at least one of said participants of said multiparty conferencing service by defining a desired position of each selected participant on a display screen; generating means for generating a request with a layout information indicating said selected presentation layout; labeling means for labeling at least one information stream displayed on said displaying means wherein said labeling means is configured to label said at least one information stream with at least one of a uniform resource identifier name, part of a uniform resource identifier name, and an item retrieved from an address book. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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receiving means for receiving information on participants of a multiparty conference; and signal construction means for arranging information streams of the participants of said multiparty conference in a composite signal in response to a layout information in a request received from one of said participants, wherein the layout information includes defined desired positions of each selected participants, wherein the signal construction means is further configured for adding a label to information streams of said selected participants according to said layout information, wherein said label comprises at least one of a uniform resource identifier name, part of a uniform resource identifier name, and an item retrieved from an address book. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable components comprising:
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generating a list of participants of said multiparty conference in response to information on participants received from a conference serving function; selecting at least one participant from said participant list to be included in a composite signal; creating, selecting or modifying a presentation layout for said selected participants of said multiparty conference at a user terminal of a participant by defining a desired position of each selected participant on a display screen; transmitting to said conference serving function a request with layout information indicating said selected presentation layout; adding a label to information streams of said selected participants according to said layout information, wherein said label comprises at least one of a uniform resource identifier name, part of an uniform resource identifier name, and an item retrieved from an address book; and providing a presentation layout of a composite signal of the multiparty conference.
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22. An apparatus, comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive information on participants of a multiparty conference; a selector configured to create, select, or modify a presentation layout of an information stream of at least one of said participants of said multiparty conferencing service by defining a desired position of each selected participant on a display screen; and a generator configured to generate a request with layout information indicating said selected presentation layout a labeler configured to label at least one information stream displayed on said display module, wherein said labeler is configured to label said at least one information stream with at least one of a uniform resource identifier name, part of a uniform resource identifier name, and an item retrieved from an address book. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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