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Multi-participant conference setup

  • US 8,594,293 B2
  • Filed: 07/06/2012
  • Issued: 11/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for establishing a conference between participants at a plurality of computers, the method comprising:

  • at a first participant'"'"'s computer, receiving an invitation to join a particular conference from a second participant'"'"'s computer that is designated as the central distributor for the particular conference and that receives content from a plurality of non-central distributors, generates composite content from the received content, and distributes the composite content to the non-central distributors;

    sending an acceptance message to the second participant'"'"'s computer in response to the invitation, the acceptance message indicating a set of conferencing capabilities of the first participant'"'"'s computer; and

    receiving the composite content according to a plurality of conferencing parameters that are specified by the second participant'"'"'s computer, wherein at least one of the conferencing parameters is based on a particular conferencing capability indicated by the acceptance message sent from the first participant'"'"'s computer.

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