(WO/2006/116750) MULTI-PARTICIPANT CONFERENCING
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| IPC: | H04Q 11/00 (2006.01) | |||||||||||||||
| Applicants: | APPLE COMPUTER, INC. [US/US]; 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California 95014 (US) (All Except US). NORMILE, Jim [US/US]; (US) (US Only). JEONG, Hyeonkuk [KR/US]; (US) (US Only). ABUAN, Joe [US/US]; (US) (US Only). TUNG, Berkat Shing [US/US]; (US) (US Only). SALSBURY, Ryan [US/US]; (US) (US Only). | |||||||||||||||
| Inventors: | NORMILE, Jim; (US). JEONG, Hyeonkuk; (US). ABUAN, Joe; (US). TUNG, Berkat Shing; (US). SALSBURY, Ryan; (US). | |||||||||||||||
| Agent: | EDELI, Mani; STATTLER JOHANSEN & ADELI LLP, 1875 CENTURY PARK EAST, Suite 1360, Los Angeles, California 90067 (US). | |||||||||||||||
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| Title: | MULTI-PARTICIPANT CONFERENCING | |||||||||||||||
| Abstract: | Some embodiments provide an architecture (figure 1) for establishing a multi-participant conference. This architecture has one participant's computer in the conference act as a central content distributor (105) for the conference. The central distributor (105) receives data (e.g., video and/or audio streams) from the computer of each other participant (110-120), and distributes the received data to the computers of all participants (110-120). In some embodiments, the central distributor (105) receives A/V data from the computers of the other participants (110-120). From such received data, the central distributor (105) of some embodiments generates composite data (e.g., composite image data and/or composite audio data) that the central distributor (105) distributes back to the participants (110-120). The central distributor (105) in some embodiments can implement a heterogeneous audio/video conference. In such a conference, different participants can participate in the conference differently. For instance, different participants might use different audio or video codecs. Moreover, in some embodiments, one participant might participate in only the audio aspect of the conference, while another participant might participate in both audio and video aspects of the conference. | |||||||||||||||
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| Publication Language: | English (EN) |
| Filing Language: | English (EN) |
