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Methods, systems and program products for managing video conferences

  • US 8,208,000 B1
  • Filed: 09/09/2008
  • Issued: 06/26/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A video conference system in which multiple users communicate video and audio data to one another over a data network, the system comprising:

  • at least one conference server linking the plurality of users over a data network whereby each of the plurality of users can communicate at least one video data stream and at least one audio data stream to others of the users;

    a hierarchical arrangement of communications control parameters that control communications between the users over the at least one conference server comprising;

    a first level of communications control parameters that apply to all audio and video communications occurring over the conference server between the users;

    a second level of communications control parameters that includes a subset of the first level parameters that cannot violate the first level parameters, the second level of parameters applying only to a selected portion of video and audio communications occurring over the server between the users; and

    ,wherein at least one of the first and second level of control parameters include a bandwidth limit and a number of video data streams limit.

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