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Video conferencing system which allows endpoints to perform continuous presence layout selection

  • US 8,319,814 B2
  • Filed: 06/19/2008
  • Issued: 11/27/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A video conferencing endpoint, comprising:

  • a decoder;

    a virtual decoder communicatively coupled to the decoder;

    a compositor communicatively coupled to the virtual decoder;

    wherein the video conferencing endpoint is configured to transmit a video image to an MCU;

    wherein the video conferencing endpoint is configured to receive a composite video image, through the decoder, from the MCU comprised of at least two video images, each from a respective video conferencing endpoint;

    wherein the video conferencing endpoint is configured to receive coordinate information from the MCU, wherein the coordinate information includes information on a location of a video image of the at least two video images within the composite video image;

    wherein the video conferencing endpoint is configured to use the coordinate information to separate each of the video images from the composite video image using the virtual decoder;

    wherein the at least one video conferencing endpoint is configured to generate a new composite video image; and

    wherein the at least one video conferencing endpoint is configured to display the new composite video image.

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