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System and method for a conference server architecture for low delay and distributed conferencing applications

  • US 9,077,853 B2
  • Filed: 09/23/2014
  • Issued: 07/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for conferencing between a scalable video coding server and at least one receiving endpoint linked to the server by a communication channel, comprising:

  • receiving, at the server from the at least one receiving endpoint, a plurality of media signals having different signal characteristics but representing a same content, each media signal comprising a plurality of packets;

    selectively forwarding, by the server, at least one, but not all, of the media signals representing the same content to the at least one receiving endpoint over the communication channel; and

    improving, by the server, a quality of service of the communication channel over the quality of service the communication channel would have but for the use of the server.

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