492 results about "Conference control" patented technology

A system and method for teleconferencing using multiple media mixers is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a conferencing system may include a conference control server in communication with a central media mixer (CMM) and one or more edge media mixers (EMM). The conference control server may create a media path that connects the CMM and the EMM(s) via a call-control protocol. Additionally, conference participants may communicate with one another by connecting to the CMM and / or the EMM.

A local video conference system executing a video conference application, that lacks an ability or functionality to control a remote camera of a remote video conference system, can display video from the remote video conference system. The local video conference system can also execute a controller application that can provide the local video conference system control of the remote camera. The controller application can receive user input that selects a region of multiple regions of a display window of the video conference application indicating a camera action for the remote camera, can determine a camera action based on the user input and the selected region, and can provide the camera action to the remote video conference system via a network. The remote video conference system can pan, tilt, and / or zoom the remote camera based on the camera action received from the controller application of the local video conference system.

According to the present invention there are provided a system, method and program storage device for establishing a connection for an endpoint to a scheduled audiovisual conference between a plurality of participants, the plurality of participants connecting to the audiovisual conference from a plurality of endpoints, connections for the plurality of endpoints to the audiovisual conference being maintained by a multipoint control unit, comprising: receiving a request at a conference control server from a participant to connect an endpoint associated with the participant to the scheduled audiovisual conference; obtaining an IP address or a telephone number for the endpoint; writing the IP address or the telephone number for the endpoint to the multipoint control unit; and communicating audiovisual conference data from the multipoint control unit to the endpoint via the IP address or the telephone number, thereby enabling the endpoint to be connected to the audiovisual conference.

A video conferencing control system for controlling the transmission of media streams between endpoints (103, 116.1, 116.2, 116.3). The system comprises: a plurality of video conferencing endpoints; a video conferencing bridge (110) arranged to provide a virtual meeting room (114.1, 114.2, 144.3) that operates to directly connect to each of the endpoints in a given video conferencing session for the exchange of media streams; a controller (105) connected to a first endpoint (103) of the plurality of video conferencing endpoints for the management of incoming and outgoing media streams; and a user interface (107) connected to the controller. The controller is further connected to the video conferencing bridge and is configured to control operation of the virtual meeting room using an Application Programming Interface.

An apparatus, a system, a method and a computer program product are provided. The system includes a controller configured to broadcast a web-based meeting between a first user and a second user. The system further includes a graphical user interface configured to display the broadcasted web-based meeting. The controller is configured to receive a request from the first user through the graphical user interface. The request includes one of a text question, a recorded video question and a request from the first user to present a live video question to the second user. The controller is further configured to broadcast the request through the graphical user interface. When the received request includes the request from the first user to present the live video question, the controller is further configured to broadcast the request as a real time video feed of the first user, so that the first user can ask the question in real time and the second user can respond to the first user's question in real time.

A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitate verbal control of conference call features are provided. Automatic speech recognition functionality is deployed in a conferencing platform. Hot words are configured in the conference platform that may be identified in speech supplied to a conference call. Upon recognition of a hot word, a corresponding feature may be invoked. A speaker may be identified using speaker identification technologies. Identification of the speaker may be utilized to fulfill the speaker's request in response to recognition of a hot word and the speaker. Particular participants may be provided with conference control privileges that are not provided to other participants. Upon recognition of a hot word, the speaker may be identified to determine if the speaker is authorized to invoke the conference feature associated with the hot word.

A CODEC-driven touch screen video conferencing control system provides a touch screen entry and display device that interfaces with the CODEC of the existing video conferencing system so that remote operation is compatible with the pre-programming of the video conferencing system. A computer with video capture device captures the output video of the video conferencing CODEC and transmits it to the touch screen so that what is displayed on the touch screen is all of the controls for the video conferencing system as pre-programmed by the video conferencing system manufacturer. There is no requirement to employ a cursor on the video conferencing monitor screen. In fact, through use of the present invention, none of the control functions of the video conferencing system appear on its monitor screens. Rather, those functions are solely displayed on the touch screen of the remote control device.

A conference control device includes: a communication processing unit which performs transmission / reception processing of conference information containing voice information and image information between the conference control device and a plurality of video conference terminal devices through a network; an information collecting unit which collects information on connection paths between the conference control device and the respective video conference terminal devices; a grouping unit which sorts the plurality of video conference terminal devices into a plurality of groups based on information on the connection paths collected by the information collecting unit; a band monitoring unit which monitors a use band of the communication processing unit in accordance with every group; and a bandwidth control unit which is, when the group having the use band of less than a predetermined value is detected by the band monitoring unit, controls the bandwidth of the video conference terminal devices belonging to the group.

A system and method for using one communication mode, such as instant messaging, to initiate and manage an alternative communication mode conversation. In one exemplary embodiment, an automated agent transfers conversation participants from an instant messaging conversation to a voice conversation by accepting an instant message command from a conference organizer and interacting with a voice conversation platform to call the instant messaging conversation participants on the telephone. One or more conversation participants can manipulate the conversation via commands to the automated agent using the first communication mode.

The invention relates to a method and a system for realizing the transfer of the control authority in multimedia conferences. The method comprises: a network side receives a request which is sent by a host terminal which applies for switching the host; the request applying for switching the host contains information of the conference member terminal being designated as the new host terminal; the network side modifies the parameter of the venue authority of the conference member terminal being designated as the new host terminal to be the identification of the host according to the informationof the conference member terminal being designated as the new host terminal; and therefore, the transfer of the control authority in the multimedia conferences is realized and an orderly process of the multimedia conferences is guaranteed. The system comprises a request message receiving module and a venue authority parameter setting module and can carry out the method for transferring the control authority of the multimedia conferences and realize the transfer of the control authority in the multimedia conferences.

The invention discloses a remote-presence conference control device, a method and a remote-presence conference system; the system comprises video end equipment, a video interchange unit, a plurality of conference terminals, and at least one control unit; wherein the video interchange unit is used for leading an audio and / or video signal collected locally to be output to the conference terminal, and receiving a signal output by the conference terminal to transmit to the video end equipment, and the switching-over of the audio and / or video signal is carried out according to the indication of thecontrol unit; the control unit is used for indicating the video interchange unit to switch over the signal on the conference terminal with fault to the conference terminal without fault. As the videointerchange unit is additionally arranged, when determining a certain conference terminal to have faults, the control unit can indicate the video interchange unit to switch over the signal on the conference terminal with fault to the conference terminal without fault, thereby improving the reliability of the remote-presence conference system.

A method and conference controller for cluster-based conferencing between ad-hoc network terminals supporting cluster-based conferences and legacy network terminals not equipped with such capabilities. The controller implements a Super User Agent (SUA) having a conference identity, a cluster member list including identities of legacy network's terminals members of a cluster of terminals of the legacy network participating to the conference, and a cluster neighbour list that identifies terminals from an ad-hoc network that act as a super member of a cluster of terminals of the ad-hoc network. Responsive to receipt of a first message for establishing the conference between an ad-hoc network terminal and a legacy network terminal, the SUA sends a second message to establish a connection between the conference controller and one of the legacy network terminal and the ad-hoc network terminal, stores information relative to the conference, and notifies the terminals that the connection for use by the conference is established.

A local video conference system executing a video conference application, that lacks an ability or functionality to control a remote camera of a remote video conference system, can display video from the remote video conference system. The local video conference system can also execute a controller application that can provide the local video conference system control of the remote camera. The controller application can receive user input that selects a region of multiple regions of a display window of the video conference application indicating a camera action for the remote camera, can determine a camera action based on the user input and the selected region, and can provide the camera action to the remote video conference system via a network. The remote video conference system can pan, tilt, and / or zoom the remote camera based on the camera action received from the controller application of the local video conference system.

The present invention discloses a video conference control method and a conference terminal. The method includes: receiving multi-video information, where the multi-video information includes videos of at least two remote conference sites; displaying the multi-video information on a display screen, where the display screen includes a main video display area and an auxiliary video selection area; and performing, according to a received conference control operation request, a corresponding conference control operation on a conference site corresponding to a video displayed in the auxiliary video selection area. According to the present invention, the display screen is divided into the main video display area and the auxiliary video selection area, so that a user may perform a conference control operation on a video of a remote conference site through the auxiliary video selection area, a conference site that needs to be viewed is displayed in the main video display area.

The system comprises: a video conference service management system used for completing the conference service management and conference control function, and controlling the multipoint control device; a multipoint control device used for providing sound-mixing and image codec functions, and initiating a conference; a friend list set on the video conference service management system; an instant communication server used to access the video conference service management system; multi multimedia terminals with the instant communication client side, which is used for communicating with the instant communication server.

The invention discloses an implementation method of a video conference and a video conference system. The implementation method of the video conference comprises: voice terminals respectively have interaction with a media resource server (MRS) through a public switched telephone network so as to realize audio transmission among the voice terminals; conference control terminals respectively have interaction with a video conference server through internet so as to realize video transmission among the conference control terminals; wherein all the conference control terminals respectively correspond to all the voice terminals; and video signals coming from the video conference server are blended with audio signals coming from the MRS through the conference control terminals. The invention separated the transmission of the video signals and the audio signals in the video conference, thus relieving the limitation of network bandwidth for the video conference to a large extent and improving the quality of the video conference.

The embodiment of the invention provides a video scheduling method and system, applied to Internet of videos. The method includes the following steps: a conference control client sends a display modeinstruction to a conference participating terminal through an Internet of videos server, wherein the display mode instruction includes a display mode identifier bit and a first mapping table; the conference participating terminal receives the display mode instruction, performs window initialization and window arrangement according to the display mode identifier bit, and configures a decoder corresponding to a video stream identity for each window according to the first mapping table; the conference control client schedules a video stream of a speaker to a specified receiver in the conference participating terminal through the Internet of videos server; and the receiver schedules the received video stream to the corresponding decoder for decoding and further displays the video stream in thecorresponding window. Thereby, a large-scale video conference can be implemented in the Internet of videos, the management, scheduling and display of the video conference can be achieved, the problemof poor real-time communication and untimely execution due to a large number of business outlets can be solved, and the office efficiency can be improved.

Provided are a conference control method and device, and a conference system. The method comprises: acquiring identification information about a current speaker at a speech terminal; searching for identity information matching the identification information in an identity information base; sending the found identity information to at least one of other participating terminals. By means of the implementation of the present invention, the identification information about the current speaker is acquired, and the identity information about the current speaker is searched for in the identify information base, and the identity information about the current speaker is sent to at least one of other participating terminals, so as to enable participating members to know the information about the current speaker such as the identity thereof through the identity information received by the participating terminals, thereby deepening the understanding of speech contents of the current speaker, solving the problem in the prior art that the participating members are unable to deeply understand the speech contents of the current speaker due to the incapability of the participating members in a remote conference to acquire the identity information about the current speaker in time when there are too many participating members, and enhancing the user experience.

The invention discloses a multimedia conference discussion system comprising a background and a client, wherein the background comprises a system parameter setting module, a conference parameter setting module, a conference control module, a conference result module, a help center module and an exit module, and the client comprises a seat list module, a conference agenda module, a call service module, a viewing and annotating module, a conference information module, a conference material module, a projection application module, a same-screen management module, a voting module, a speech management module, a statistical result module and a notepad module. The multimedia conference discussion system disclosed by the invention facilitates all operations by an efficient control system, and canenter an orderly organization state while ensuring efficient conferences.

The invention discloses a remote conference control method and device based on automatic recognition of howling sound. The method comprises the steps that a terminal collects a sound input signal; the terminal extracts a time domain envelope signal of the sound input signal and calculates the energy proportion of a frequency band above preset frequency of the sound input signal; and the terminal executes a mute operation when determining that the time domain envelope signal has periodicity and that the energy proportion is larger than or equal to a preset threshold. According to the invention, the influence of howling sound to the process of an audio and video conference can be fundamentally eliminated to guarantee the call quality of the audio and video conference and improve the user experience.

An electronic conference system includes a portable storage device that stores written content as image data, a reader that reads the image data recorded in the portable storage device, and a display controller that incorporates the image data read by the reader as additional image data into image data to be displayed on a display device and displays the image data incorporating the additional image data.

A conference server computer connected with a display device is provided, which comprises: a unit designed to obtain input and assign attribute information to the graphic objects contained in screen images displayed on the display device; a controller, designed to process the graphic objects according to the attribute information; and, a unit designed to transmit the obtained attribute information to an electronic conference control device. The electronic conference control device comprises: a unit designed to manage some images in the screen images formed when the screen data is displayed as graphic objects; a processor designed to receive attribute information transmitted from a conference server computer; and, a processor designed to notify other conference server computers (except for the conference server computer for which the attribute information is inputted and specified) of the attribute information on the graphic objects.

A remote conference management system includes a conferencing control terminal and a conferencing terminal in electronic communication with the conferencing control terminal. The conferencing control terminal includes a multipoint control unit that stores a plurality of predetermined face images of anticipated meeting participants. The conferencing terminal includes an image recording unit and a signal control unit. The image recording unit records face images of current participants. The signal control unit receives the face images from the image recording unit and transmits the face image to the MCU. The MCU compares the received face images with the prestored face images, and creates and communicates attendance information of the current participants according to the comparison.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a system for controlling a conference over the articulated naturality web. The method is applied to the Internet. The method comprises the following steps: a user terminal scans a preset two-dimensional code and jumps to a video conference management page; The user terminal receives the selection operation of the target video network terminal,the target conference and the target service in the video network conference management page, and generates a conference control instruction according to the selection operation. The user terminal sends the conference control command to the video network server through the protocol conversion server. The video networking server forwards the conference control command to the selected target video networking terminals. After receiving the conference control command, the target video network terminal responds to the conference control command and replies the confirmation message to the video network server. The video network server transmits the confirmation information sent by each target video network terminal to the user terminal through the protocol conversion server. The method is convenient to operate and can improve the user's experience by controlling the videoconferencing.

The invention discloses a video conference control method which comprises the steps that according to electronic template selection information of a user, a preset corresponding video conference electronic template is obtained; each identity label code is obtained; an identity authentication code of the user is obtained, whether an identity label code, in accordance with the identity authentication code, in the obtained identity label codes exists is judged; if the identity label code is in accordance with the identity authentication code, a conference identity and communication permission corresponding to the identity label code are given to the user. In addition, the invention further discloses a video conference control device. Before a video conference, the video conference electronic template can be selected according to practical needs. After the conference template is determined, the user enters the video conference according to matching of the identity authentication code and the identity label code and has the corresponding communication permission, and complex setting of each meeting place is of no need before the video conference. The video conference control method and device is simple and practical, implementation is easy, and manpower cost and economic cost of the video conference are greatly lowered.

The invention relates to a live broadcast method and system of a video conference. When a user creates a video conference and selects live broadcast, the method comprises the steps that a conference control live broadcast platform selects an idle live broadcast number from a live broadcast number pool list and then sends a request message of creating a conference and inviting conference participants and live broadcast numbers to join in to a conference server, wherein the request message carries communication numbers of all participants and selected live broadcast numbers; the conference server creates a video conference, and then sends a calling message to all participants and the conference control live broadcast platform, wherein the calling message carries the communication numbers ofthe participants and the selected live broadcast numbers; and the conference control live broadcast platform receives the calling message of the conference server, performs SDP media negotiation withthe conference server, then acquires audio and video streams of the video conference from the conference media server, and finally sends the audio and video streams of the video conference to variouskinds of live broadcast terminal through a live broadcast link. The live broadcast method and system of the video conference belong to the field of communication and can relay the mobile network-basedvideo conference in real time.

A method for presenting a virtual conference site of a video conference is disclosed in the present invention. The method include: receiving preset virtual conference site attributes and determining one virtual conference site attribute therefrom, where the virtual conference site includes at least two conference terminals; determining a virtual conference site control mode; acquiring, according to the determined virtual conference site attribute and the virtual conference site control mode, one virtual conference site presentation mode in preset virtual conference site presentation modes, and presenting a virtual conference site in the acquired virtual conference site presentation mode. A virtual conference site preset apparatus, a media processing device, a video conference terminal and a video conference system are also disclosed in the present invention. By utilizing the present invention, a conference control mode may be simplified, and the experience of video conference participators may be improved.

The invention discloses a method for realizing wireless video conference and a method. A conference control server is set in a wireless video conference system; during the wireless video conference, an AT of a calling party sends siganlling stream and / or data stream of a wireless video conference to the conference control server through a PCN; and the conference control server obtains the data stream and controls as well as distributes the data stream to an AT of a non-call party. The invention can realize a multi-party wireless video conference and guarantee integrating control of wireless video conference function.

Embodiments of the invention provide a method and a device for displaying participant information. In an articulated naturality web, conference control equipment is connected to an articulated naturality web server, and the articulated naturality web server is connected to a plurality of articulated naturality web terminals for video conference. The method comprises the following steps that the conference control equipment sets a plurality of participant information for the articulated naturality web terminals; the conference control equipment sends a switching instruction to the articulated naturality web server in order to inform the articulated naturality web server to switch a target articulated naturality web terminal in the articulated naturality web terminals to a speaking party ofthe video conference; and the conference control equipment sends the participant information corresponding to the target articulated naturality web terminal to the articulated naturality web server inorder to be forwarded to the articulated naturality web terminals for display according to downlink communication links configured for the articulated naturality web terminals. Related participant information can be automatically displayed when a participant is switched, the information of the participant who is speaking right does not need to be introduced manually, and the convenience for operation is improved.