Patent №
US 6,989,856
Granted
2006-01-24
Filed 2003
Owner
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10703859
A method for executing a video conference is provided that includes receiving one or more audio streams associated with a video conference from one or more end points and determining an active speaker associated with one of the end points. Audio information associated with the active speaker may be received at one or more media switches. One or more video streams may be suppressed except for a selected video stream associated with the active speaker, the selected video stream propagating to one or more of the media switches during the video conference. The selected video stream may be replicated such that it may be communicated to one or more of the end points associated with a selected one of the media switches.
AI classification
Ownership
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
assignment · 150300011
Assignors
FIRESTONE, SCOTT S., FRIEDRICH, WALTER R., ISMAIL, NERMIN M., LANTZ, KEITH A., SARKAR, SHANTANU, SURAZSKI, LUKE K., WU, DUANPEI
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