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Load reduction and scalability

  • US 7,593,987 B2
  • Filed: 10/28/2007
  • Issued: 09/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for reducing distribution loads in a conferencing network, the method comprising:

  • associating a primary conference server with a presenter client;

    associating a first server from a group of secondary conference servers with the primary conference server;

    associating a first group of attendee clients from all attendee clients involved in a particular conference in the conferencing network with the first server from the group of secondary conference servers; and

    distributing conferencing data from the presenter client to all the attendee clients involved in the particular conference, wherein a load associated with distribution of the conferencing data by the primary conference server is reduced as a result of the primary conference server delegating distribution of the conference data to at least the first server from the group of secondary conference servers, the first server from the group of secondary conference servers distributing the conference data from the presenter client to the first group of attendee clients from all attendee clients.

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