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System and method for performing distributed multipoint video conferencing

  • US 8,614,732 B2
  • Filed: 08/24/2005
  • Issued: 12/24/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a memory configured to store computer executable code; and

    one or more processors coupled to the memory, the processors configured, when executing the code, to;

    send a stream from a sender to a receiver, a plurality of endpoints comprising the sender and the receiver;

    intercept an I-frame request from the receiver;

    establish a destination bandwidth capacity associated with the receiver;

    operate in a high bandwidth mode selected from a plurality of modes according to the destination bandwidth capacity;

    encode one or more frames according to the selected mode, the frames comprising an I-frame that matches a decoded video frame from the sender; and

    resume sending the stream from the sender to the receiver at a next frame.

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