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System and method for configuring devices to facilitate video telephony

A technology of video telephony and equipment, applied in the field of telecommunications, which can solve the problems of not supporting continuous growth, inflexible systems, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-05-27
CISCO TECH INC
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This results in an inflexible system that does not support continuous growth

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[0014] By referring to the attached Figure 1-5 , to best understand the embodiments of the present invention and its advantages, like numerals are used for like and corresponding parts in the various drawings.

[0015] figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system 10 for video telephony. The illustrated embodiment includes slave device 16 and master device 18 operating as VCS 12 to facilitate video telephony over network 36 . In one embodiment, VCS 12 appears to the user as a single unit. Each slave device 16 and master device 18 drives a display 28 and a camera 30 at a station 38 . As equipment 14 is added to site 38, system 10 is used to configure VCS 12 to provide additional media capabilities without manual configuration and with minimal user intervention.

[0016] Video telephony is a communication session that facilitates the exchange of video and audio streams. Video telephony sessions at site 38 may occur as incoming calls, outgoing autonomous calls, schedule...

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A system and method for configuring devices to facilitate video telephony includes providing at least two devices that support video or audio communication. One of the devices is identified as a master device, and at least one of the devices is identified as a slave device. Media capabilities of the master device are determined, and the media capabilities of the slave device are received. The media capabilities of the master device and the slave device are aggregated, and the aggregated media capabilities are communicated to a remote site to facilitate video telephony.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to the field of telecommunications, and more particularly to systems and methods for configuring devices to facilitate video telephony. Background technique [0002] Conventional video telephony equipment is constructed with multiple components in a single housing, each handling audio and video encoding and decoding for transmission of audio and video over a network. Some systems support audio and video with a single display, camera, and limited audio, while other systems provide the ability to have additional cameras and displays. When additional displays are required, one traditional approach is to provide a larger enclosure to accommodate more audio and video hardware and software, and to provide additional audio and video inputs and outputs as needed. This results in an inflexible system that does not support continuous growth. Contents of the invention [0003] In accordance with the present invention, d...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04M3/42
CPCH04N21/4516H04N21/4432H04N7/148H04N21/4788H04N21/25808H04N21/2662H04N21/454H04N21/632
Inventor 菲利普·R·格雷厄姆兰迪·K·哈瑞尔马丁厄斯·F·德比尔
Owner CISCO TECH INC